Name/Title
Album page with photos of Alameda scenes, 1905Entry/Object ID
2016.39.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.39.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1905
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: A PALE SEPIA-TINTED SNAPSHOT PHOTO PASTED TO A GREY ALBUM PAGE.
SIZE: L 10" X W 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: TWO PHOTOS, ONE DEPICTS A TRAIN STOPPED AT THE MORTON STATION, ENGINE #2084 WITH A HANDWRITTEN CAPTION STATING, "ALAMEDA MORTON STREET STATION, 1905." THE SECOND PHOTO DEPICTS AN ELECTRIC TROLLEY STOPPED AT SAN JOSE AVENUE AND GRAND STREET. PHOTO IS HANDWRITTEN IN INK WITH A CAPTION STATING, "ALAMEDA NEAR GRAND STREET, 1905." BOTH PHOTOS SHOW VIEWS LOOKING WEST. THE TROLLEY PHOTO SHOWS A GENTLEMAN STANDING IN THE STREET WEARING A TOP HAT, HE IS NOT IDENTIFIED. TO THE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF GRAND ST., SHOWS A HOUSE WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1891; THE HOUSE IS STILL STANDING.
DONOR: CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: MAY 28, 2016
