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View from Shell Building circa 1955

Elevated view east (possibly from the Shell Building) PG&E and Matson Buildings, Bay Bridge, Ferry Building. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building. Construction in the foreground. Embarcadero Freeway not built yet. Southern Pacific Building with big S-P sign atop. Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, East Bay Hills.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

View from Shell Building View from Shell Building

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