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Title
South First Street Business District
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-1940
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
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
Looking north up South First from the corner of San Antonio Street (now Paseo de San Antonio)" The street is crowded with automobiles. On the bottom left the bus to Willow Glen waits while a woman crosses the street. The tall building in the background is the Bank of Italy. On the left the partially seen tall yellow building topped with a sign is the Garden City Bank. Today, the former Pavilion shops would be on the right and the Fairmont Hotel on the left.
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
5.5 x 3.5 in.
Identifier
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/129
Language
English
Subject
Streets
Pedestrians
Automobiles
Business Districts
Place
San Jose
California
Source
Historic Postcard Collection

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