Name/Title
Photo of Amaral Hexacycle with six riders, 1931Entry/Object ID
1996.340.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.340.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1931
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
SEPIA-TONE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH, UNSIGNED.
SIZE: L 7" X W 11".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SIX-SEAT "HEXACYCLE" --- PRESENTLY IN THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COLLECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE AMARAL FAMILY, WHO HAD RESIDED AT THE FAMILY HOME AT 2106 ALAMEDA AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. THE PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS SIX UNIDENTIFIED MALE RIDERS ABOARD THE CYCLE. IT WAS BUILT AT THE ALAMEDA CYCLERY, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON PARK STREET NEAR ENCINAL AVENUE (IN 1931).
NOTE: - MRS ELLEN GRAZZINI CAME TO AMERICA FROM AUSTRALIA.
A TWO-PIECE TURN-OF- THE CENTURY DRESS WAS ALSO DONATED TO THE MUSEUM.
ACQUIRED FROM:
LOUISE GRAZZINI AMARAL BELL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
