Name/Title
Photo survey of industries and businesses along the Estuary, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
1996.368.1Description
Acc. No. 96.368.1 (a-bb)
Subject Category: Industries
Date or Period: Ca. 1940
Object: Photographs
Description: Glossy black/white photos mounted three-to-a-page (except the final item) on white scrapbook paper. A typewritten description directly onto the image appears near the upper margin. Photographer unknown. Size (ea): L-4 x w-10 in.
History of Object: Photographic survey of industries and businesses in Alameda located along the Estuary, all views taken from a boat: a) Todd Shipyards, Pier 5; b) Todd Shipyards, center of yard; c) Todd Shipyards, Drydocks 1 & 2; d) U.S. Army Administrative Center; e) Tidewater Oil Co.; f) Tidewater Oil Co.; g) Webster yacht harbor; h) North end Webster, Santa Cruz Cement Co., Bethlehem Steel Co.; i) Bethlehem Steel shipbuilding ways; j) East end Bethlehem Steel; k) Santa Fe slip; l) Encinal Terminals; m) Encinal Terminals Unit B & transit sheds; n) Encinal Terminals East side; o) Tallow Storage and Alameda Boat Harbor; p) Harbor Tug & Barge (North end Alaska Packers Yard); q) North end Grand Street and Harbor Tug & Barge; r) West side Moore Drydock yard; s) Moore Drydock, center of yard; t) Moore Drydock; u) U.S. Navy Graving Docks; v) Baxter Pole Co.; W) Pacific Coast Engineering Co., West end of yard; x) Pacific Coast Engineering Co.; y) Park Street pier; z) National Iron Works; aa) Stone Boat Yard; bb) Loop Lumber Company.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 10/19/96
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #423
