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Title: 1940, San Jose, Aerial view of freight yard, looking west
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
circa 1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: The San Jose Public Library California Room can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Jose Public Library California Room collection must be given by the San Jose Public Library California Room. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Looking west over San Jose towards the Santa Cruz Mountains. The freight yard at San Pedro Street and Market Street is in foreground. At center on the left side of the photograph, the thirteen-story Medico-Dental Building (now Vintage Tower) stands at East Santa Clara Street and North Sixth Street. Moving towards the center of the picture from this point brings you to central downtown with the Bank of America building discernable at First Street and Santa Clara Street. First Street becomes Monterey Road extending south through cultivated fields
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into 8-bit, JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 7 x 9 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/857
Language: English
Subject: Aerial photographs
Buildings
Cities & towns
Mountains
Railroad shops & yards
Railroads
Streets
Place: San Jose
California
Source: California Room Photograph Collection

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