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Title
First Street Looking South
Date Created and/or Issued
1908-1910
1908
1909
1910
Publication Information
M. Rieder
Contributing Institution
San José Public Library, California Room
Collection
Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description
First Street looking south from the intersection of Post Street is crowded with wagons and carriages. Pedestrians walk the sidewalks while a streetcar runs on tracks down the middle of the street. The tall building on the right is the Garden City Bank building which opened in 1908.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image and 16-bit RGB color. Compressed to JPEG format using Photoshop CS2.
Extent
3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/234
Language
English
Subject
Streets
Carts & wagons
Carriages & coaches
Pedestrians
Banks
Business districts
Street railroads
Stores & shops
Place
San Jose
California
Source
Historic Postcard Collection

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