Name/Title
Photo two women at Chestnut Station, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1995.204.1Description
Acc. No. 95.204.1
Subject Category: Businesses - Chestnut Station
Date or Period: Ca. 1900
Object: Photograph.
Description: Sepia-toned albumen print mounted on grey paperboard. Some cracking and slight tearing of outer edges of image. Description label and old catalog gum label are affixed to the margins of the mounting. Photographer: Cogan, Oakland, CA.
Size: L-11 x W-8 1/2 in.
History of Object: View of two women posed at entrance to an unidentifiable business, said to be the first Chestnut Station business, and the sole one for 7 years, starting in 1892. The woman shown at left with bicycle is Mrs. Harry Hegelund; woman at right is Mrs. Emilie Lidtke - both were daughters of Mrs. E. O. Putzman.
Acquired from: Mrs. Isabel Hegelund (1952)
Date: 8-19-95
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #298
