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Title
San Jose City Hall Lobby
Creator
Cisto, Dan (Photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
San José Public Library, California Room
Collection
Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information
The San Jose Public Library California Room can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Jose Public Library California Room
Description
The lobby of the San Jose City Hall on Mission street featured a staircase floating above a fish pond. The stairs led the second floor city council chambers. On the back wall is an American flag and flags of the countries of two of San Jose's sister cities. To the left of the flags is a 9-foot statue of Christopher Columbus donated by the local Italian community.
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/218
Language
English
Subject
City & town halls
Municipal government
Lobbies
Stairways
Sculpture
Place
San Jose
California
Source
Historic Postcard Collection

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