Name/Title
Postcard depicting a shoreline with trees and houses, c. 1900sEntry/Object ID
2021.20.19Description
Acc. No. 21.20.19
Subject Category: Views
Date or Period: c. 1900s
Object: Postcard
Description: Uncirculated 'real' postcard, of black-and-white photo depicting a moderately narrow channel of water, a shoreline, reinforced with wooden or metal boards, which prominently advertise 'Reidsieck-plug' (tobacco), with dark-silhouetted houses, trees, and telegraph poles. Verso has handwritten in pencil: 'Alameda'.
Size: L 3 1/2" x W 5 1/2"
History of Object: Postcard possibly depicting Alameda. If so, location unknown.
Acquired from: unknown
Date Cataloged: 2/19/2021