Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the demolition of the Grand Central Hotel on the corner of Third Street and Mission Street in San Francisco, 1906. The hotel is crashing to the ground in a cloud of dust in the distance at center. In the foreground, large piles of rubble and burned-out buildings are visible. A narrow dirt road is in the foreground at right. In the background at left, a tall scaffold is visible over the skyline. The top of the Call Building can be seen behind a tall rectangular building at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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