Name/Title
Contact prints of photos of Southern Pacific operations, 1872-1939Entry/Object ID
1998.255.1Description
Acc. No. 98.255.1 (a-m)
Subject Category: Southern Pacific Ferries/Railroad
Date or Period: Various
Object: Photographs
Description: Modern sepia-toned contact prints made from vintage negatives. Photographers unknown.
Size: L-11 x W-13 in. Unmounted.
History of Object: Photo set showing local Southern Pacific operations, primarily the Trans Bay ferry system between Alameda and San Francisco (dates unknown, if not indicated): a) Alameda Pier at the time of its abandonment, Jan. 15, 1939; b) view from the deck of a ferry leaving Alameda; c) waiting room, Alameda Pier; d) landward side of Alameda Pier; e) temporary office of Southern Pacific's freight auditor housed in the Alameda Pier in 1906 following the S.F. Fire & Earthquake which destroyed the S.P. general office building; f) side view of Alameda Pier, ca. 1912; g) S.P. Station at Alameda Point, 1912; h) building the ferry "Santa Rosa" at the Gen. Engineer & Drydock Co., Alameda, 1927; i) invitation to the launching of the "Santa Rosa"; j) San Francisco and Alameda Railroad locomotive "E.B. Mastick" with engineers Ben Smith and Ivo Start, at Alameda; k) the ferry "Alameda" prior to 1872; l) Alameda Mole, about 1887; m) the S.F. and Alameda Railroad's locomotive "F.D. Atherton" at Hayward amid the damage from the 1868 Earthquake; n) the ferry "Alameda" in 1866 crossing the Bay; o) the ferry "Piedmont" at the Alameda Mole; p) unidentified ferry berthed at the Alameda Mole.
Acquired from: Southern Pacific Railway Co.
Date: a-m: 7/18/98
n-p: 8/29/98
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
