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Description
Looking down First Street, with the Bank of America (Bank of Italy) building in the background on the right hand side and the American Trust Company on the left. Automobiles are parked along the street. The State Theatre is in the foreground on the left, showing "Virginia" (released 1941). The Mission Theatre is in the right center. Other businesses in view: Surety, San Jose Kiddie Shop, Hotel Montgomery, Norris' Silk, Coast Radio, Nulin's Shoes, Lenox Hotel, Kress, Leed's, Herold's, Blum's. The building housing Coast Radio is the Masonic Temple.
Type
Image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
89A3059F-2E83-499C-8CF1-355944026032 2017-8-6
Subject
Downtown neighborhood (San Jose, Calif.) Nineteen forties (LCSH) First Street (San Jose, Calif.) Department stores Shopping Businesses--California--San Jose Automobiles--1900-1940 (LCSH) Theaters Hotels (LCSH)
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