Cliff House Project

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Laying of the Pacific Cable
Dec 13, 1902


(close-up with cliff house just behind flag)

 

 

 

two postcards on the event...

postcard, postmarked Oct 10-08

 

 


Image courtesy of the Pat Hathaway Collection

 


From a Sunset Advertisement (click above image for full ad)

 

Map showing cable route...



 


Leslie's Weekly
January 1 1903

 

 

 

 

     

SF Call, Dec 15, 1902
(click above images for full article)

 


SF Chronicle, Dec 15, 1902
(click above images for full article)

 


SF Chronicle, Dec 5, 1902
(click above images for full article)

 


San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 6 1902
 

Sunset 1903-02.pdf

 

For more in-depth coverage of the Pacific Cable, I highly recommend:
http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/ComPacCable/index.htm

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