Name/Title
Photograph, Saloon, houses, family of J.N. Beckmann, photographer Geo. Ball, Ca. 1880sEntry/Object ID
1979.10.2Description
ACC. NO. 79.10.2
SUBJ. CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1880's
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH, SEPIA TINT, DARK MAROON BORDER.
REVERSE SIDE STAMPED: GEO. BALL, NO 1721 R. R. AVE., ALAMEDA, CALIF.
SIZE: 10" x 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: DESCRIPTION OF PHOTO AND ITS HISTORY WRITTEN BY DONOR:
SAME BUILDING AS NUMBER ONE PICTURE [79.10.1] EXCEPTING, A SALOON HAS REPLACED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS BUILT UP CHESTNUT, A HALF A BLOCK FROM ORIGINAL SITE. RIGHT HAND SIDE, SMALL BOY, HARRY BECKMANN STANDING WITH HIS SISTER MINNIE BECKMANN. NEXT IN LINE IS FRED BECKMANN ALONG SIDE OF HIS JOHANNA BECKMANN. NEXT IS UNKNOWN. MAN WITH BEARD AND HANDS IN BACK, IS JOHN NICHOLAS BECKMANN WITH HIS DOG PONTO. NEXT MAN IS UNKNOWN. AS WELL AS CHILDREN AT GATEWAY, THE TWO HOUSES OWNED BY J. N. BECKMANN. NOTE THE THREE WATERING TROUGHS, SO MANY HORSES THOSE DAYS. ABOVE THE ROOF OF SALOON IS AN ARCH WHICH IS A WOODEN WINDMILL, THIS SAT ON TOP OF THE TANK HOUSE, TWO STORIES HIGH WITH TWO TANKS ON TOP. SUPPLIED FOUR HOUSES ON CHESTNUT AND PACIFIC AND FOUR HOUSES ON WILLOW STREET.
PICTURE 2
ACQUIRED FROM: MRS. & MRS. JOHN H. BUSE
DATE: 8/14/79
