Name/Title
Watercolor of Old Bay Farm Island Bridge and Anderson Wharf, c. early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2002.54.1Description
ACC. NO. 02.54.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BRIDGES, BAY FARM ISLAND
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: WATER COLOR, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
AN UNSIGNED WATER COLOR, WITH AN OFF-WHITE-COLORED MAT. WOODEN FRAME WITH ANTIQUE OFF-WHITE FINISH.
SIZE: L 12" X W 18-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A WATERCOLOR DEPICTING THE OLD BAY FARM ISLAND BRIDGE AND ANDERSON WHARF AND BUILDING. THE WATER COLOR IS FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN EDWARDS, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER HASLETT. THE WATER COLOR ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO MR AND MRS HASLETT, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN TO THEIR DAUGHTER. THE HASLETT'S CAME TO ALAMEDA AS EARLY AS 1880.
DONOR:
BETH HAGEMAN
CATALOGED: MARCH 2, 2002Interpretative Labels
Label
11/6/2020 MvL: current label about two sketches (this one is the lower sketch):
ANDERSON WHARF
Two water color sketches depicting the Anderson Wharf where produce was gathered for distribution to San Francisco markets. It was located near the Bay Farm Island bridge. [In the upper sketch note the train on a trestle crossing San Leandro Bay. "South Pacific Coast Railroad" can can be noted in the background.]
