Name/Title
Knave Clippings about last ride of red electric trains, 1966Entry/Object ID
2021.34.12Description
Acc. No. 21.34.12 A, B, C
Subject Category: Transportation
Date or Period: 1961, 1966
Object: clippings
Description: pages from the Knave section of the Oakland Tribune. A. page C-1 of the June 11, 1961 edition; B & C (2 copies) of an article, titled 'Twenty-Five Years Ago Big Red Trains Rumbled Oakland Streets' on p21 of the July 31, 1966 edition, and an image from another page. A. is covered on the front with a protective plastic sheet. B has the image attached with staples to the bottom right, C. has the same image attached with a pin to the top -which has caused a rip- and is missing the start of the next subject at the bottom right.
Size A: L23" x W 15"
B&C: L 15" x W 11 1/2"
History of Object: Clippings of articles about the electric Red Trains which connected Alameda with Oakland and beyond. Both articles include quotes from Vernon J. Sappers, well-known train historian and photographer. In both cases, the occasion, 5 years apart, was the anniversary of the last ride on July 26, 1941.
Acquired form: unknown
Catalog Date: 16 April, 2021