Name/Title
Aerial photo of Encinal Terminals, 1934Entry/Object ID
2004.121.1Description
ACC. NO. 04.121.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES, ENCINAL TERMINALS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1934
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH UNDER GLASS IN AN EBONIZED WOODEN FRAME. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, PASTED TO THE DUST PAPER BACKING, IS A PRINTED LABEL STATING, "ENCINAL TERMINALS ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY WHERE RAILS, TRUCKS, AND STEAMERS MEET."
SIZE: L 19-1/4" x W 24-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ENCINAL TERMINALS IN THE VICINITY OF SHERMAN STREET AND BUENA VISTA AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE WAREHOUSE, NOW KNOWN AS DEL MONTE THAT FACES BUENA VISTA AVENUE, IS PROMINENT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING COLLECTION WAS PRESERVED BY THE LATE HOWARD SHIRLEY, WHO WAS A LONG-TIME WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR AND SHIPPING CLERK FOR THE COMPANY. HE CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE 1920's AND LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE HERE. DONOR IS HIS DAUGHTER.
DONOR: SUE HUNT,
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 13, 2004
