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Title
First [rail] car to reach Sloat Boulevard through Twin Peaks Tunnel.
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1918
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p182b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 182 second from top left.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written under photo: "First car to reach Sloat Boulevard throug [sic] Twin Peaks Tunnell [sic] Feb 3rd 1918." View looks roughly south from near the end of West Portal, where it meets Sloat Boulevard and Junipero Serra Boulevard. A large crowd has gathered to watch Muni car #117 as it progresses down the line. Numerous autos are seen parked in the background. A small building with a sign reading "Homes, not houses. O.C. Stine & Co." is set up near the tracks. View also in Vol. II, page 152, center left.
Negative, no. 20,595 (4 x 5. in.) for photo in Vol. II.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 3 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001380709CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-3966
Subject
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Street railroads--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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