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View from Nob Hill

January 1, 1954

View east from Top of the Mark. Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, Alexander Building, Metropolitan Life Building, Bay Bridge in background. The building under construction to the right of the Standard Oil Building is the Equitable Life Building, completed in June, 1955.

Tony Arioli Califtony707@aol.com message: this image was taken in 1954 - the building under construction to the right of the Standard Oil Building is the Equitable Life Building, completed in June, 1955. Also, the SP sign in the upper left side of the photo was not present in 1953.

View from Nob Hill

Location

999 California St, 94108

Nob Hill

Keywords

Artifact

Date Added: November 20, 2016
Contributor: Courtesy of a Private Collector
Format: transparency slide

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

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