Name/Title
Photo by Dressel of a Spanish Colonial residence, 1930Entry/Object ID
2006.46.1Description
Acc No. 06.46.1
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Photographers, Misc.
Date or Period: 1930
Object: Photograph
Description: Soft-focus black and white image with a matte finish, unmounted. Photographer: Rodolfo (Rudolpho) Dressel (Dresel).
Size: L-8 1/2” x W-5 3/4”
History of Object: Image of a Spanish Colonial style residence with an exterior stairway titled, "La Escalera". Location unknown as the photographer was residing in Oakland in 1930 when this image was awarded a prize by Camera Craft Magazine (per Polk's 1930 Oakland Alameda Berkeley City Directory). Mr. Dressel was listed as an electrical engineer with PG&E. By 1933, however, he was residing in Alameda at 949 Buena Vista Avenue and was identified only as a clerk. As for the photographer's name, it varied in spelling by his signature and by the slight variations in the two city directories.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 06/10/06
