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Market near Spear Oct 1913

Night view northeast from center of Market between Spear and Main toward illuminated Ferry Building and decorations on street lamps for the 1913 Portola Festival (Oct 22-25), Lincoln Hotel and Sunset Hotel at right. (The '1915' sign on the Ferry Building promoted the upcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition and would remain in place until the close of the fair in 1915)
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of Molly Blaisdell)

Market near Spear Market near Spear

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