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Downtown view 1939

Elevated view east past 'skyscrapers' of Financial District to Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island and East Bay Hills on a clear day. Major buildings, from left, Financial Center Building at Montgomery and California, Pacific National Bank Building, Commercial Union Assurance Bldg.(315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Mills Building and Mills Tower, Alexander Building, Standard Oil Building, Shell Building, [Treasure Island (1939 World Fair) Financial District- San Francisco Bay Bridge. Piggott Photo 509?]
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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