Magic lantern slide of demolition of ferry boat 'Alameda', c. 1900
Entry/Object ID
1999.225.1
Description
Acc. No. 99.225.1
Subject Category: Transportation - Ferry Boats
Date or Period: Circa 1900
Object: Glass Photographic Slide
Description: Glass magic lantern photographic slide with an ornamental gold border, framed with a black paper tape around its margins. A small oval red/white paper label is affixed to the bottom left corner with number "1" written upon it in black ink. Photographer unknown.
Size: L3 1/4 x W-4 in.
History of Object: Part of the magic lantern slide collection of Fred Croll, former City Assessor and member of a pioneer West End family, who died in 1949. He was the first president of the Alameda Historical Society. This particular slide is a view of the demolition of the old ferry boat "Alameda".
Acquired from: Fred Croll
Date: 5/1/99
Pre-1971 donation, hitherto uncataloged.
