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Title: Carnegie Library Building demolition, San Diego Public Library, 1952
Creator: Sensor Studio
Date Created and/or Issued: 1952-07-29
Publication Information: Digitized by San Diego Public Library
Contributing Institution: San Diego Public Library
Collection: Central Library History
Rights Information: https://cdm16736.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/custom/copyright
Description: With the help of a large steam shovel, the fifty-year old Carnegie building was demolished in a day and a half, July 29 and 30, 1952. Excavation for the new Central Library began immediately. Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: CW_001_B10
http://cdm16736.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16736coll1/id/35
Subject: San Diego Public Library--History
San Diego Public Library Carnegie Building (San Diego, Calif.)--History
Time Period: 1952
Place: San Diego, CA
Source: Photograph: 8 x 10 in. San Diego Public Library, Special Collections Photograph Collection, Box 10.

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