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Original Site Of The Bancroft Library

1538 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 37° 44' 54.1068", -122° 25' 13.3464"
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In 1860 Hubert Howe Bancroft began to collect the wealth of material which was to result in the writing of his monumental history of western North America. His library was located here in 1881, in 1905 it was purchased by the University of California and moved the following year to Berkeley.

Last updated: 2/15/2016 21:05:00
 
   
 
 
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