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Bancroft Library circa 1883

[Hubert Howe Bancroft's Historical Library of Pacific Coast Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 1538 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Cal. To Subscribers to Bancroft's Works, with compliments of the Publishers.] View west across Valencia Street to Bancroft Library, brick building with shutters, fenced, on present site of St. Luke's Hospital (CPMC Mission Bernal Campus). Twin Peaks in background. The library moved to Berkeley in 1905, but the building remained until 1954. A plaque, California Historical Landmark 791, marks the spot.
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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