Name/Title
Postcard Interior of Loewe and Wilkins Dry Goods Store, 1915Entry/Object ID
2000.281.1Description
ACC. NO. 00.281.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
OBJECT: POSTCARD
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915
DESCRIPTION:
SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC POST CARD ENTITLED, "THE BIG STORE, ALAMEDA, CAL."
L 3-1/4" X W 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
POSTCARD DEPICTING THE INTERIOR OF LOEWE AND WILKENS, DRY GOODS STORE, PARK STREET, 1915. POST CARD WAS ORIGINALLY SENT TO MRS HALL, 3243 BRIGGS AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE HALL FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RESIDENTS OF BRIGGS AVENUE. THEY ARRANGED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A HOME IN 1885. MRS HALL WAS THE MOTHER OF THE LATE GRACE HALL SMITH.
CARD WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN 1951 AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: ANN C FOUTS
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 07, 2000
