Name/Title
Photograph of the Taylor Tree, planted by Wm Gibbons, SE Corner Central and Park, 1941Entry/Object ID
1974.8.5Description
ACC. NO. 74.8.5
SUBJ. CATEGORY: EUCALYPTUS TREES
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, EUCALYPTUS TREE
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH
SIZE: 7" x 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF THE TAYLOR TREE, IN 1941, BY HELEN GIORGI.
THE FIRST EUCALYPTUS TREE SEEDS WERE BROUGHT TO CALIFORNIA BY BISHOP TAYLOR, FATHER OF E. K. TAYLOR, WHO WAS THE FIRST MAYOR OF ALAMEDA.
THIS TREE WAS PLANTED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL AND PARK AVENUE BY MR. WM. GIBBONS.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT WORKERS DECORATED IT WITH 800 LIGHTS AT CHRISTMAS TIME FOR SEVERAL YEARS,
ACQUIRED FROM: HELEN GIORGI
DATE: APRIL 13, 1974
