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Title: San Jose Post Office
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
1896
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circa 1900
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1905
Publication Information: Richard Behrendt
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: View of the San Jose Post Office on Market Street. The northern edge of Plaza Park (Plaza de Cesar Chavez) is on the far right by the parked buggy. One of the ground floor windows is shaded by a striped awning. Several men stand in the doorway on the left. The post office was built of sandstone and opened in 1895. The top of the clock tower was destroyed during the1906 earthquake. The building is now part of the San Museum of Art.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image and 16-bit RGB color. Compressed to JPEG format using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 5.5 x 3.5 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/163
Language: English
Subject: Post Offices
Historic Buildings
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Historic Postcard Collection

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