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Financial District Aerial circa 1960

View southeasterly over Financial District, South of Market, Bay Bridge, Transbay Terminal, Embarcadero Freeway. Russ Building, Standard Oil and Shell Buildings, Equitable Life Insurance Building / 100 Montgomery Street (1955) at center, Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at far left. Just beyond is Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop, removed September, 1961.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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