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Title
Pacific Manufacturing Company, Santa Clara
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1910-1920
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
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 collection must be given by the San Jose Public Library California Room. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description
Postcard of the exterior of the Pacific Manufacturing Company in Santa Clara. An automobile is parked outside the building while smoke emerges from three smokestacks. The Pacific Manufacturing Company was founded in 1879 and manufactured a variety of wooden products. At its height, the firm occupied 10 city blocks and employed 500 people. The company closed in 1960.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg2000
Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
Extent
3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/54
Language
English
Subject
Building materials industry
Buildings
Industrial facilities
Lumber
Mills
Postcards
Woodworking
Place
Santa Clara
California
Source
California Room Collection

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