Name/Title
Photograph of a Victorian house with 4 people on porch, 1915Entry/Object ID
1975.12.2Description
ACC. NO. 75.12.2
SUBJ. CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL PHOTO MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD, OF HOUSE WITH FOUR PEOPLE STANDING ON PORCH.
SIZE: 5" X 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTO PURCHASED AT THE ALAMEDA FLEA MARKET BY HELEN GIORGI. HAS INSCRIPTION ON BACK IN SCRIPT, 634 PACIFIC AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIF., 1889. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE 634 PACIFIC AVE. REVEALED NO STRUCTURE RESEMBLING THE ONE IN PHOTO. THE CLOTHING ON THE PEOPLE STANDING ON PORCH (CIRCA 1915). THE HOME VICTORIAN IN ARCHITECTURE, (WAS PROBABLY A LARGE FARM HOUSE), HAS ACCENTUATED PAINT JOB. CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PERIOD, THE HOME IN A L SHAPE, HAS CENTRAL BAY TO THE LEFT, LONG PORCH FRONTING FACADE, WITH ROCKING CHAIRS ARRANGED ON IT.
ACQUIRED FROM: HELEN GIORGI
DATE: MAY 24, 1975
