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Top of Angels Flight and old Elks Building

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Top of Angels Flight and old Elks Building

Description: Angels Flight's Beaux Arts funicular station house and the adjacent Royal Building.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 2/16/60
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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