Content Description

Nineteen panoramic photographs, taken by Nina A. Page in 1902, using a Kodak Panoram No. 4 camera. Six photographs depict Bonnie Brae Street, Los Angeles; the rest depict Mount Lowe Observatory, Los Angeles; Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Santa Monica; the Pasadena ostrich farm; Terminal Island; Seal Rocks, San Francisco; and San Francisco street scenes.

Abstract

Collection contains photographs and some paper materials documenting commercial and residential construction projects completed by Golden Gate Iron Works (GGIW) between 1925 and 1951. GGIW was a structural steel manufacturer located in San Francisco, California with fabrication and construction projects completed in the Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Placer, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Trinity counties.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of the Contra Costa County Administration Building, Martinez, Confer and Willis, Architects, Hamilton and Williges, Engineers; and a photograph of the construction of the First Presbyterian Church, Concord, Donald Powers Smith, Architect, I. Thompson, Engineer.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of the Kern County Airport, Bakersfield; L.H. Nishkian, Engineer.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of the San Rafael Independent Journal building, San Rafael.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of the Gravelly Valley Bridge, Mendocino Forest.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of the Merced Theater, Merced, Reid Brothers, Architects.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of Junior College, Salinas Union High School District, Salinas, Charles E. Butner, Architect, F.W. Kellberg, Engineer.

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Includes a photograph of the construction of Dog Bar Bridge, Tahoe Forest.

Scope and Contents Contains photographs of the construction of the following buildings: Marina High School Auditorium; Props Building; Meyer Apartment Building; California State Automobile Association, Inter Insurance Bureau Building; Mission Rock Transit Sheds; North Star Laundry at Army and 26th Streets; California Theater; KSFO-KPIX Building; New Market Office Building, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Owner, R.S. Chew, Engineer; a building at Buena Vista and Java Streets, Jessie Shay, Owner; a...