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Mt. Sutro 1949

KGO TV Radio transmission tower (on site of present Sutro Tower), KGO TV van and Sutro Mansion ("La Avanzada" or "Sutro's Castle") built by Adolph G. Sutro (grandson of Mayor Adolph Sutro) atop Mount Sutro in 1930 (designed by architect Harold G. Stoner). KGO-TV first signed on the air on May 5, 1949.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Mt. Sutro Mt. Sutro

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