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Advertising Mural, Taylor Street (up close)

from San Francisco Public Library

• Jef Poskanzer said:

  Here's what it looked like before the restoration:
  
  There are a few differences.

• James Aaron Dillon said:

  Oh man, I hope they do the Harvester Cigars one on Polk that some punk messed up. This is what it looked like before the graffiti "artist" :
  
  Now the horse head and other parts are gone.

• Judy Hitzeman said:

  It looks like it said "Coca" and not "Cola" before it was restored.

• Jef Poskanzer said:

  Yes, that's one of the differences. I suppose someone thought it would be too embarassing to have a big "Coca" sitting there by itself.

• San Francisco Public Library said:

  Jef Poskanzer Thanks for showing the mural before restoration!--A.V. Grimes, Special Collections Librarian, Book Arts & Special Collections Center