Photo portrait of Frank W. Greeley, of Greeley's Express service, c. 1890
Entry/Object ID
1996.25.1
Description
Acc. No. 96.25.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: Ca. 1890
Object: Photograph
Description: Sepia-toned albumen print cabinet photo mounted on tan paperboard. Photographer: New York Gallery (J.H. Peters), San Francisco. Some fading to image, spotting and a nail hole. Typed description label is glued to the bottom 2-in. of the image.
Size: L-6 x W-4 1/4 in.
History of Object: Portrait of Frank W. Greeley, who was born in Maine in 1834 and who came to California in 1853 where he mined gold in Siskiyou County until 1873. He moved to Alameda in 1877 where he established Greeley's Express to San Francisco, and which he ran until 1897.
Acquired from: Charles B. Greeley (1955)
Date: 1/13/96
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged
