| Photo Id# |
AAD-3407 |
| Title |
[60 millions in Chinese silver dollars stacked and guarded outside the old Mint building at Fifth and Mission street] [graphic]. |
| Date |
1936 July 14. |
| Description |
1 photographic print: b&w. |
| Location |
Folder: S.F. Mint-Old-Exterior.
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| Reproduction Rights |
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
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| Notes |
Printed on back: "SIXTY MILLIONS IN SILVER DOLLARS--IN ONE PLACE--In the Forty-Nine days, it was prevalent belief elsewhere that gold was to be picked up in the streets of California towns. Well, here's $60,000,000 in Chinese Money, part of it stacked outside near the U.S. Mint at San Francisco. The Chinese silver dollars are worth $24,000,000 in America. They were shipped over in 12,000 boxes. The Huge shipment taxed the storage facilities at the old mint, so part is stacked outside. The coin is heavily guarded. Each box weighs nearly 50 pounds. The shipment is said to be collateral to cover a loan to the Chinese government." |
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"Acme Photos." |
| Copy Negative |
Negative #2702. |
| Subject |
Buildings -- California -- San Francisco.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
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Old United States Mint (San Francisco, Calif.)
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| Series |
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
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| Source |
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
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| Collection Name |
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
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