Name/Title
Photo Louis Meyer residence and family, Pacific and Lafayette, c. 1880sEntry/Object ID
2000.316.1Description
ACC. NO. 00.316.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1880's
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
A BLACK-AND-WHITE REPRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPH, WITH WHITE-COLORED MATTE. MATTE HAS CAPTION --- HAND-LETTERED IN BLACK-COLORED INK --- "RESIDENCE OF LOUIS MEYER, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PACIFIC AND LAFAYETTE. BUILT IN 1878." THE PHOTO (UNDER GLASS) IS IN AN OAK FRAME WITH A DARK FINISH.
SIZE: L 14" X W 15-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF AN EASTLAKE-STYLE RESIDENCE THAT STOOD AT THE CORNER OF PACIFIC AVENUE AND LAFAYETTE STREET, ALAMEDA; AND WAS OWNED BY A LOUIS MEYER. THE BUILDING IS NO LONGER STANDING. THE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH WAS GIVEN BY A FAMILY MEMBER IN 1954 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
LOUIS MEYER
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 04, 2000
