[102-foot tall spire being placed on the top of Grace Cathedral]

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Local identifier: AAB-1321
Title: [102-foot tall spire being placed on the top of Grace Cathedral]
Date: 1963 Mar. 19
Issuance: monographic
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. S. F. News-Call Bulletin photo by Howard Robbins.
Note: Folder: S.F. Churches-Episcopal-Grace Cathedral-Construction.
Newscopy: "SPIRE RISES ON GRACE CATHEDRAL--The Rt. Rev. James A. Pike officiated at ceremonies today as a 102-foot spire was lifted to the top of the Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill. The spire weighs about five tons and is surmounted by a cross that measures 17 feet, five inches. When installed it will rise 242 feet above the present roof of the cathedral.".
Negative #2930.
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject Name: Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.)
Keywords: Building construction
Bibliographic Number: .b10063705
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:121365