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Union Square Oct 1913

View southwest across Union Square towards a large replica of Balboa's ship on display. Union Square decorated for the Portola Festival Oct. 22 - 25. In 1913 the Portola Festival theme centered more on images from 1513, when Balboa 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean. St. Francis Hotel decorated with bunting and American flags at right, Elkan Gunst Building at left.
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of Molly Blaisdell)

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