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Title
Union Square garage (4 views)
Contributor
Waters Company
Date Created and/or Issued
1941-1942
Publication Information
San Francisco : Waters Company
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Images of the construction of underground garage beneath Union Square by MacDonald & Kahn Inc. Contrs. Shows surrounding buildings, construction equipment.
View 1 (2014-0175). Excavating foundation. Photo no. 15, July 16, 1941 -- view 2 (2014-0176). Constructing first floor. Photo no. 47, Feb. 25, 1942 -- view 3 (2014-0177). Photo no. 49, Mar. 11, 1942 -- view 4 (2014-0178). Photo no. 64, June 17, 1942. Completing the garage, Dewey Monument.
First underground garage in the world.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
4 photographic prints ; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001511217CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Parking garages--California--San Francisco
Building construction--California--San Francisco
Monuments & memorials--California--San Francisco
Excavation--California--San Francisco
Buildings--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)
Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)

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