Over across the bay from San Francisco lies the San Quentin penitentiary. “It was in San Francisco in 1915 during the progress of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. In Hearst’s magazine dated February 1919, a reporter and columnist going by KCB recalled how the world’s most famous escape artist, along with a 90-piece brass band and a female singer, ended up in San Quentin. A band, a magician and a singer The Philippines Constabulary Band performed at San Quentin in 1915. It was also a chance for the city to showcase its recovery following the devastating 1906 earthquake. In 1915, eyes of the world were on San Francisco for the months-long Panama-Pacific International Exposition, a world’s fair celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal. An anonymous letter from someone incarcerated at San Quentin led to performances from a band and world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini.
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