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YMCA being wrecked

Description: Demolishing the YMCA from the inside, top to bottom. Roosevelt Building to the left with Crocker Citizens Bank in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 4/1/70
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.; RESTRICTED. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library. Originals available by special permission only.
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