Name/Title
Photocopies of photos used to illustrate local 1960s books, c. 1880-1960Entry/Object ID
1998.271.1Description
Acc. No. 98.271.1 (a-x)
Subject Category: Views of Alameda
Date or Period: Various (circa 1880–1960)
Object: Photographs
Description: Series of black/white photo copies, some with light sepia toning. Unmounted.
Original photographers unknown. Various sizes, as sometimes two images appear on a single sheet of print-out paper. Most sheets measure approx:
Size: L-12 x W-8 or L-8 x W–12 in.
History of Object; Photocopies of various vintage images in the Alameda Historical Museum collection used to illustrate a soft-cover children's book of local history published in the 1960's: a) Alameda Schools Dept. maintenance bldg. AND Fire Chief Lane posed outside the Alameda Fire Dept. Hq.;/Bay Farm Isl. Bridge AND Posey Tube entrance; c) Park St. Bridge AND the former Alameda Municipal Golf Course Club House; d) Alameda Free Library AND the Oakland-Alameda Estuary; e) electric train on Fernside; f) old Alameda landing site; g) Wm. W. Chipman; h) Webster St. Post Office station AND Park St. business area; i) Health Center Bldg. AND Police Dept. Hq. in City Hall; j) Water tower bldg. on Park St.; k) Alameda Daily Argus office; l) Park Hotel; m) Alameda Fire Dept. drill tower; n) Neptune Gardens; o) Notre Dame Academy fire; p) early Alameda map; q) High St. Bridge AND Webster St. at Central Ave.; r) Fruitvale Bridge AND a dredging scene; s) Alameda School Dist. Hq. AND former Post Office bldg.; t) Cohen Estate oak trees AND City Hall; u) steam train AND Mound St. construction; v) Alameda Swim Center AND City Hall; w) Alameda Mole AND Park St. Bridge; x) Ignacio Peralta's adobe in San Leandro.
Acquired from: Unknown
Pre-1971 acquisition, previously uncataloged.
Date: 8/8/98
