Name/Title
Negatives of a workers and truck at Signal Gas Station, c. 1955Entry/Object ID
2026.55.2Description
Acc. No. 26.55.2
Subject Category: Municipal Bureau of Electricity; Gas Stations
Date or Period: c. 1955
Object: Negatives
Description: 3 black-and-white negatives, cut to size by hand, numbered 5, 7, and 8, with the words 'KODAK SAFETY FILM' in a corner, all showing signs of having been clipped together at one side. No dates or information.
The negatives were gathered in an off-white envelope stamped with number 2.
Size: (each, approximately) 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches
History of Object: Negatives showing a truck and staff of the Municipal Bureau of Electricity working on a lamp post in front of a Signal Gas Station (location on Park Street?), giving a view of some houses in the background, and on one image, a bridge in the distance.
Negatives and photos in this acquisition were found, uncataloged, in museum storage; it is assumed they were acquired from the City of Alameda in the 1990s.
Acquired from: City of Alameda, Bureau of Electricity
Donation Date: 1990s (assumed); Catalog Date: 11/1/2026
