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Portsmouth Square circa 1900

View west to monument to Robert Louis Stevenson at center of square, designed by Bruce Porter, sculpture by George Piper, dedicated October 17, 1897. Background, from left, Thomas Y. Kim Dentist, New York Dental Parlor, California Chinese Mission of the American Missionary Association building, Exempt Fire Company building. [G810 PS-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Photographer Unknown (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)

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