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Bound to Fall
Books and Images collection
SFH 477
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Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
Title: Arthur O'Donnell
Bound to Fall
Books and Images Collection
Creator:
O'Donnell, Arthur (Arthur J.)
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 477
Physical Description:
1 box
(1 cubic foot)
Date (inclusive): 2010-2018
Abstract: Books and digital images of changing San Francisco built environment.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
The books are available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Digital images are not yet available.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from monographs must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
[Identification of item], Arthur J. O'Donnell
Bound to Fall
Books and Images Collection (SFH 477), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Collection was donated to the library by Arthur O'Donnell beginning in June 2016. Additions were made until 2018.
See also
San Francisco History at Your Feet, Street Plates and Vault Covers,
c2017, by Arthur O'Donnell, in the San Francisco History Center's book collection.
Processed by Tami J. Suzuki.
Arthur O'Donnell began documenting changing urban landscapes as a community radio reporter in New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington
in the 1970s. He is an energy and business journalist and the author of several books. O'Donnell works at the California Public
Utilities Commission as a supervisor of the Risk Assessment and Safety Advisory section.
Comprised of self-published books and digital images featuring familiar San Francisco buildings that have either disappeared
or are soon to fall, as well as some survivors. Subjects include the San Francisco-Oakland Transbay Terminal, Candlestick
Park, the Market/Van Ness intersection, Dogpatch, and the Market Street Masonry District.
Organized chronologically, by creation of the images.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Historic buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 21st Century -- Pictorial works.
O'Donnell, Arthur (Arthur J.)