Name/Title
Photo Isadore Gomez, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1995.275.1Description
Acc. No. 95.275.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: Ca. 1900
Object: Photograph
Description: Sepia-toned black/white photo. Unmounted. Photographer unknown. Old cataloging sticker and a description label are affixed to the image.
Size: L-7 x W-4 1/2 in.
History of Object: Interesting character portrait of Isadore Gomez, a longtime Alameda resident (of Santa Clara Ave. opp. Hawthorne School). He owned a restaurant in San Francisco's Barbary Coast area, and often escorted groups of tourists on "slumming" expeditions in that district. Mr. Gomez wears a black hat pulled down to his eyebrows, his necktie is unloosened, and his shirt collars are askew.
Acquired from: Ben Jost (1957)
Date: 11/4/95
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #376
