[U. S. Army rocket on display in front of the Fairmont Hotel with the Mark Hopkins Hotel in background]

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Local identifier: AAB-2185
Title: [U. S. Army rocket on display in front of the Fairmont Hotel with the Mark Hopkins Hotel in background]
Date: 1959 July 23
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 photo by Eddie Murphy.
Note: Folder: S.F. Hotels-Mark Hopkins-(Exteriors).
Newscopy: "In 'danger' is the Top o' the Mark, according to News chief photographer Eddie Murphy, who says Ben Swig, owner of the Fairmont and promoter of this Nike Hercules display, pointed the weapon at the competing Mark Hopkins. 'Maybe if Swig had been handling the countdown, the Top o' the Mark would be out in space somewhere and out of competition range,' Murphy says. Mr. Swig denies this, saying the Hercules is defending both the Fairmont and Mark Hopkins.".
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Hotels--California--San Francisco
Local subjects: Hotels--Mark Hopkins.
Bibliographic Number: .b10071970
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:122191