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Title
YMCA Building
Date Created and/or Issued
1913-1915
1913
1914
1915
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
Pedestrians stroll by the new YMCA building at the corner of Third and Santa Clara Streets. An automobile is parked in the street in front of the building. The building opened in 1913. Facilities included a reading room, a billiard room, a swimming pool, an assembly room, and 75 dormitory rooms. The building closed in August 1959, when the YMCA moved to tits present location on The Alameda.
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/226
Language
English
Subject
Young Men's Christian associations
Pedestrians
Place
San Jose
California
Source
Historic Postcard Collection

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