Fillmore Arches Torn Down

In 1943, the iron towers that had crowned each intersection of Fillmore Street for decades, originally built as a gateway to the SAILING TO BYZANTIUM: 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition at the Marina, were torn down as scrap metal for WWII.

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Photographs of the dismantling of the Fillmore Arches, torn down for scrap metal during World War II.

Arches from the PPIE on Fillmore being torn down in 1943.

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Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer

Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer

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