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VOLUME 14: PORTALS OF THE PAST
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VOLUME 14: PORTALS OF THE PAST

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Jul 25, 2023
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Credit: Arnold Genthe

Kirsty Asher

The Portals of the Past exist in physical form as a marble archway in San Francisco, now a monument to the 1906 earthquake which destroyed much of the historic city. It is all that remains of a mansion owned by wealthy Gilded Age tycoon Alban Towne, and takes its name from Arnold Genthe’s photograph of said archway, whic…

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