John C. Gordon Photographic Collection, MSS-1996-03-29-02, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. Written on verso: "Second Street Association San Jose Calif. Photo - J. C. Gordon 1927. " This Carnegie library was constructed in 1903 and was in use as a city library until 1936, when the city sold the library to San Jose State University, where it served as the student union until the 1950's. Captured by Luna Imaging using Fujifilm Lanovia C-550 Scanner or Cambo 4x5 Camera with a Phase One PowerPhase FX Digital Back as a 762 dpi TIF image in 8-bit grayscale. Operating System during capture is Mac OS X Version 10.6.6. Image retouched with Adobe Photoshop CS3. Pixel size: 21423 x 6108. File size: 124.82 MB. Access copy compressed into JPG format using Irfanview Version 4.28.
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