Name/Title
Framed Photograph Island City Company Vehicles and Employees 1932Entry/Object ID
1997.202.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.202.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1932
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ASSEMBLAGE OF THE ISLAND CITY ICE COMPANY'S TRUCKS, VEHICLES, AND EMPLOYEES.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: TAKEN IN THE SPRING OF 1932 ON OTIS DRIVE, ALAMEDA. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY GEORGE PARAS, AND INCLUDES THE DONOR'S FATHER, MAX CRESTETTO.
MR. CRESTETTO ORIGINALLY CAME FROM ITALY AND, WHILE A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA, HE OBTAINED A CITIZENSHIP. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ALAMEDA ISLAND CITY ICE COMPANY FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. IN 1928, HE MARRIED HELEN PERETTI, WHO WAS BORN IN ALAMEDA IN 1909, AND WHO WAS A MEMBER OF A WEST END ALAMEDA FAMILY. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE ICE COMPANY, MR. CRESTETTO AND HIS WIFE OPENED A BAKERY ON ENCINAL AVENUE, SOUTH SIDE, BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND CHESTNUT STREETS.
ACQUIRED FROM:
LILLIAN TADDEI
DATE: MAY 10, 1997