Name/Title
Photo Album with photos of Alameda, from the Writer's WPA project, 1940sEntry/Object ID
1997.409.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.409.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1940's
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, WHICH APPEARS TO BE HAND-MADE, AND INCLUDES A TYPEWRITTEN CAPTION, "PHOTOGRAPHS -- HISTORY OF ALAMEDA, MAY 15, 1941," ON COVER. BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TYPEWRITTEN CAPTIONS. ON ALBUM PAGES.
SIZE: L 8-1/4" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF VARIOUS SCENES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, INCLUDING INDUSTRIES, BRIDGES, TRANSPORTATION, ETC., WITH THE PROJECTED GOAL OF POSSIBLE USE TO ILLUSTRATE A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF ALAMEDA. IT WAS THEN PREPARED BY THE WRITERS' PROJECT OF THE WPA.. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DATED 1941. THIS ALBUM, NUMBERED "S-8," WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1959.
ACQUIRED FROM:
CITY OF ALAMEDA
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
