Name/Title
Oval photo series of John Beck and Luis Homeier, 1900Entry/Object ID
1995.312.1Description
Acc. No. 95.312.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1900
Object: Photograph
Description: Eight separate black/white exposures printed out from a single negative. Unmounted. Photographer unknown, but was probably was the product of an automatic photography booth. Lower left corner of image is clipped off, not affecting any of the exposures.
Size: (Overall) L-4 3/4 x W-7 in.
History of Object: Eight separate oval portraits, the top row consisting of four different poses of John Beck; the lower four in the bottom row are of Luis Homeier. Both were employed as Southern Pacific brakemen, and they each wear the uniform in some of the portraits.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 12/9/95
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
