Name/Title
Photo view of Central Ave, including Hofmann's Bakery, 1926Entry/Object ID
2024.47.2Description
Acc. No. 24.47.2 A, B
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Bakeries
Date or Period: 1926
Object: Photograph, digital (A), computer-printed (B)
Description: Photo of an original black-and-white photo of a street with poles for electricity for an electric train in the middle, and telephone poles on the left side, and buildings on both sides. Photographer: Vernon Sappers.
Size: (printed photo, B): L 8 1/2" x W 11"
History of Object: Street view of Hofmann's Bakery, 918 Central Ave., Alameda, owners Fred and Irma Hofmann, dated 1926. Photo taken by Vernon Sappers from the back of a Southern Pacific train. The view is looking east between 9th and Weber streets. Note the SP tracks in the center of the street. Hofmann's Bakery is the 2-story building at right. Verso of the photo had a print out includes a clipping or print of a red train and its route.
Donor: Frederica Kapp
Donation Date: 5/6/2022; Catalog Date: 5/22/2024
