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Title
Office and car house of the Geary St. Cable Railroad.
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p367a
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 367 top.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written to right of photo: "Headquarters office and Car house of the Geary St. Cable Railroad, located on the North-east cor. Buchannan [sic] and Geary Sts. 1885." Photo depicts the two-story Italianate car barn, headquarters, and power house of the Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railroad Company. The company's tracks are visible on Geary. On the Buchanan Street side of the building are signs advertising the [?] Kitchen Jr. Co. Binders and the Murdock Press, who also occupied space in this building. Carts and wagons are parked by both sides of the building.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001381037CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4296
Subject
Buildings--California--San Francisco
Cable railroads--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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