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The City of Paris Department Store Christmas Tree

Posted on December 6, 2013 Updated on December 5, 2014

The City of Paris Department Store (San Francisco) put up that huge fir tree every year starting in 1909. The store was located where the current Nieman-Marcus store is today. Take a look at the stained glass ceiling that was saved and installed in the new building… but based on images I’ve seen, the original was magnificent! Photo by Gordon Peters of the San Francisco Chronicle, Circa 1959.

Photo Credit: sfgate.com and Lost San Francisco

Circa 1955 – Source: S.F. Public Library via Lost San Francisco

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