The story
The 22-room Victorian boarding house with a basement ballroom where Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Sopwith Camel were all born.
Everything that was here
- 1964–1968
Albin House / Big Brother and the Holding Company BirthplaceHistoric Residence
The 22-room Victorian boarding house with a basement ballroom where Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Sopwith Camel were all born.
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