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Title: Western Union Telegraph Company
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Taken in 1960, this photograph shows the former Western Union Telegraph Company building, having operated from 1868 to 1938. Prior to that, the building, known as the Pioneer Telegraph Building, housed the California Telegraph Company from 1863 to 1868. It was used as the Pony Express Museum until 1948 and later hosted a bookstore known as the Bookmine.
Type: image
Identifier: 341
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1641
Subject: Telegraph Offices
Bookstores
Abandoned Structures
Street Scenes
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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