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The flatiron building [Columbus Tower] at the corner of Kearny and Columbus [then Montgomery] Avenue. The notorious "Boss", Abe Ruef, had his offices in this building following the Fire. To the left of center may be seen the historic Montgomery Block. To the far right is shown the remains of the Hall of Justice Tower

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Title: The flatiron building [Columbus Tower] at the corner of Kearny and Columbus [then Montgomery] Avenue. The notorious "Boss", Abe Ruef, had his offices in this building following the Fire. To the left of center may be seen the historic Montgomery Block. To the far right is shown the remains of the Hall of Justice Tower
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
Publication Information: CaliforniaHistoricalSociety, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street,San Francisco, CA 94105-4014; http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/northbaker_research.html
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Shelf location: SF -- Earthquake (1906) -- Streets -- Columbus
Type: image
Format: 20 x 26 cm.
Form/Genre: Photographs
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9v19p472
FN-34512
chs00002134_40a.tif
Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Fires (damage)--Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Photographs
Place: Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)
A0102

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