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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...
Image courtesy of the Pat Hathaway Collection
From a Sunset Advertisement (click above image for full ad)
Map showing cable route...
For more in-depth coverage of the Pacific Cable, I highly recommend:
http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/ComPacCable/index.htm
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