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[San Francisco cable car centennial postcard set].
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Title:
[San Francisco cable car centennial postcard set]Cable car centennial
Creator/Contributor:
City and County of San Francisco, creator, publisher.Abstract:
Set of postcards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first cable car line in San Francisco. Fronts of cards feature
reproductions of photographs of San Francisco street scenes taken in the 19th and early 20th centuries depicting cable cars.
Subjects include Clay Street Railroad Co. (established by Andrew S. Hallidie in 1873), California Street Railroad, cable car
operators and riders, and retired cars converted to homes at "Carville".
Date:
1973 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCable cars (Streetcars) -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Extensive descriptive captions printed on backs of postcards. Also printed on back of each item: "Cable car centennial 1987-1973.
San Francisco moments in history. Issued by the Office of Mayor Joseph L. Alioto, City and County of San Francisco 1973".
Photographers unknown.
San Francisco cable car centennial postcard set, BANC PIC 19xx.557, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Provenance unknown.
Type:
graphicPostcards.
Physical Description:
print
9 prints in 1 folder : lithographs ; sheets 13 x 18 cm (postcard format)
Language:
English