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California near Stockton

June 1, 1953

View east on California between Stockton and Grant. California Street Cable Car #22 going uphill. At far left, 720 California building (then Hartford Insurance Building), Home Insurance Co. Building, with Colonial Tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished) Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery). Clunie Building with Bank of America ad on west wall in distance center. East wing of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (now Ritz-Carlton Hotel) under construction at far right. [Stockton and California View of California Street looking east with cable car in foreground.]