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Recent Additions:
February 2021
"Municipal Tideland Leases" (1800s – 1960s) with approximately 35,200 scanned pages added to our "Property Records" on our Collections page.
“Silent Movie Collection” 2 silent movies (1926-1935) added to the City Clerk’s Film/Audio Collection.
“Movie Collection” 8 movies (1956-1966) added to the City Clerk’s Film/Audio Collection.
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February 2020
"Film and Audio" tab. We've added an additional 658 (1970s) new Street Views of neighborhoods throughout the City of San Diego.
February 2019
611 pages newly added to the "Historical Official Resolutions, Ordinances, and Minutes" tab.
491 pages newly added to the “Record of Board of Delegates, 1 1889-1890” and another 120 pages of the “Charter of the City of San Diego, 1888.”
128 pages newly added to the “City of San Diego Census, 1891-1898” and another 174 pages of the “Plat Book of the Masonic Cemetery, 1919.”
"Film and Audio" tab. We've added an additional 38 (1970s) new Street Views of neighborhoods throughout the City of San Diego.