Name/Title
Photo Album of Victorian Homes, by the Photographic Society, 1952Entry/Object ID
1997.455.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.455.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1952
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
MODERN LOOSE-LEAF HARD-BOUND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. COVER OF PLASTICIZED BUCKRAM, BLACK-COLORED, WITH INCISED CAPTION, "PICTURES OF OLD HOMES, PAST AND PRESENT," ON COVER.
SIZE: L 18-1/2" X W 12-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ALBUM CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTORIAN HOUSES, TAKEN BY THE ALAMEDA PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IN THE 1950's. MANY OF THE HOMES, SUCH AS THE PETER WHITE MANSION IN THE 2200 BLOCK OF SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA, ARE NO LONGER STANDING. INCLUDED IN THE ALBUM ARE EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COLLECTION. ALBUM IS NUMBERED "S-57."
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
Details of not further cataloged objects found:
- P8: clipping (Alameda Times Star?) from Dec 4, 1965, re 2255 Pacific Ave, built by Dennis Straub, being torn down.
- P23: photo of 2070 San Jose, 'Dr. Keys Home', built about 1880.
- P24: Two views of dentist Dr. Shepard's Home at 3225 Briggs Ave.
- P49: photo of 1228 High St, near Encinal, built 1872, dated 1952, by Dan Morhouse, Alameda Photographic Society. Original owner C. Chruskusen (?).
