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Liberty Tower

April 1, 1918

View east from Geary and Kearny toward World War I Liberty Loan display with Liberty Bell replica on top and clock faces indicating number of millions raised in Liberty Loan campaign encasing Lotta's Fountain. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad Co. in corner retail location, Monadnock Building with electric sign for Oakland Tribune and Northern Pacific Railway. Workers working on marquee on Flannery Building at right. Newsboys sell to people waiting for streetcars on Market. Spots on image. [1168]

Location

22 Kearny St, 94108

Downtown / Union Square

Keywords

Artifact

Date Added: December 20, 2015
Contributor: Courtesy of Emiliano Echeverria

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Downloadable: Yes

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