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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Looking east on Broadway from 2nd Ave., San Diego
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PC-000-677
Picture postcard of Broadway, looking east, with Spreckels Theatre, Central Mortgage, US Grant hotel, San Diego
1914
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Curt Teich
In this hand-tinted picture postcard, the Spreckels Theatre (1913) is on the right in the foreground (with streetcar in front of it on Second Avenue). Behind it is the San Diego Union Building (1908), also financed by John D. Spreckels (1853-1926) and designed by Harrison Albright (1866-1932). Across the street in the middle ground is The US Grant hotel (then the U.S. Grant Hotel), also designed by Albright. In the foreground on the left is the Central Mortgage Building. The streetcars shown here appear to be Class 1 streetcars, with the characteristic block numbers on the top right of the cars and the plaque on the left, with 3 forward-facing windows, a completely enclosed car and a rounded roof. The Curt Teich number on the back is A-51191.
Class 1 streetcars; Streetcars; Central Mortgage Building; Spreckels Theatre; San Diego; Broadway; San Diego Union Building; Union Building; Spreckels Building; Harrison Albright
California - San Diego - Downtown
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
I. L. Eno, San Diego, California, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
4534. Broadway, looking East, showing Spreckels Theatre and Central Mortgage Building in foreground, U. S. Grant Hotel in background, San Diego, Cal.
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TIFF
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