Name/Title
Oil Painting of Railway Station after a photo, by Leroy Nelson, c. 2000Entry/Object ID
2002.82.1Description
ACC. NO. 02.82.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION; STEAM
DATE OR PERIOD: CONTEMPORARY
OBJECT: PAINTING, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
MULTI-COLORED OIL PAINTING, SIGNED IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER, "LEROY NELSON," IN A CONTEMPORARY FRAME WITH GILT AND WALNUT COLORED ANTIQUE FINISH. LINER OF TAN-COLORED MUSLIN AND GOLD LETTERING.
SIZE: L 20" X W 35"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PAINTING OF THE RAILWAY STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF LINCOLN AVENUE, TILDEN WAY, AND PARK STREET. THE STATION SERVED AS THE CENTRAL, LATER SOUTHERN PACIFIC, STEAM AND ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THE ARTWORK WAS PAINTED AFTER RESEARCH BY THE LATE LEROY NELSON, A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA. HE WAS GRADUATED FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF JUNE 1933. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA ART ASSOCIATION SINCE 1956. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PAINTING IS A CAPTION, "FROM AN OLD PHOTO, 1908."
DONOR: MRS LEROY NELSON
CATALOGED: AUGUST 17, 2002