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Wrecking of old buildings for Superior Oil Building

Description: Richfield Building in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Aug '55
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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