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Title
[Panama Canal celebration] (2 views)
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p268a -- v1p268b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 268 top and center.
These photographs are contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written between photos: "Celebration, completion of Locks Panama Canal, Union Square 1913." Two views of the celebration at the base of the Dewey Monument in Union Square. In both photos a sign proclaiming the "Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915" can be seen draped between the flags on the monument, along with a table for the Western Union Signal Wire. In the top photo a little girl and a naval officer are holding a flag, with sailors positioned behind. In the center photo someone is speaking, with army personnel in formation to the right. The Plaza Hotel and the Fredericks Building are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photoprints ; both 4 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001380839CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4096
Subject
Celebrations--California--San Francisco
Military personnel--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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