Name/Title
Photo of 1421 Benton Street (demolished), and residents, c. 1942Entry/Object ID
2020.40.1Description
Acc. No. 20.40.1 (a, b, c)
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1942-1943
Object: Digital photo
Description: A sepia photo of a house, half hidden behind a palm tree, and some figures, two of them children, in the garden on the right of the picture.
a. digital version on hard drive. b. print on ordinary paper, c. laser-print on photo paper.
History: Photo of 1421 Benton Street, Alameda, circa 1942 or 1943. People are identified as Helen Berglund (the donor), aged 9 or 10, Ardith Abbot (a neighbor from 2 houses further toward Santa Clara Ave), Fredrick N. Anderson (a cousin, who was in the Navy), and Esther Berglund (behind Fred, but barely visible).
Donor:
Helen Bergland Mullen
Absolutehbm@twc.com
Donated: February 15, 2020
Cataloged: September 10, 2020