Image / Looking south on Market Street from near Saint John Street, c.1905

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Title: Looking south on Market Street from near Saint John Street, c.1905
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Featured in the "City with a Past" exhibit with title, "Looking south on Market Street, c. 1905" and caption: Looking south on Market Street from St. John, c. 1905. On the left is the J. S. Williams clothing store next to the Palm Restaurant and the New York Exchange Hotel. City Hall (built in 1887) is in the center of the Plaza in the background. The Electric Light Tower, 237 feet high, spanned Market and Santa Clara Streets from 1881 to 1915.
Type: Image
Format: Black & White, Developing-out Paper
Identifier: 5196FAF8-1969-480F-8A64-287530294738
1997-300-1405
Subject: Towers
Electric lighting (LCSH)
Market Street (San Jose, Calif.)
Palm Restaurant (San Jose, Calif.)
J. S. Williams (San Jose, Calif.)
Hotels--California--San Jose
New York Exchange Hotel (San Jose, Calif.)
City & town halls
Clothing stores
Restaurants--California--San Jose

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