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California near Grant

January 1, 1937

Foreshortened telephoto view east from center of California St. of California cable cars passing. Bay Bridge in background. Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Murphy Building, Financial Center Building, Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building, Merchants Exchange, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery) Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Clunie Building.

License plates look like 1934, but that is incompatible with state of Bay Bridge, which did not have roadway until 1935.