Name/Title
Photos from early West End photo negatives, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
2013.57.1Description
ACC. NO. 13.57.1 A thru S
SUBJECT CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECTS: PHOTOGRAPHS
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOS, MATTE FINISH, IN BLACK AND WHITE, UNSIGNED AND UNMOUNTED.
SIZE: L 8" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECTS:
AERIAL PHOTOS, ETC., MADE FROM ORIGINAL CELLULOID NEGATIVES, PRINTED IN 2013 BY JIM LENOIR. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ORIGINALLY TAKEN BY GEORGE PARAS, AND INCLUDED EARLY VIEWS OF AVIATION, WEST END OF ALAMEDA BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION, ALASKA PACKERS, SHIPPING FACILITIES, ETC.
DONOR: MR GEORGE PARAS
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 19, 2013
Details:
A: unidentified 4-masted sailing vessel at unidentified shipyard
B: unidentified motor vessel at unidentified shipyard, listing to one side.
C: unidentified single-mast sailing ship at unidentified location
D, E, F, G: images of 3- and 4-masted ships at the Alaska Packers winter moorage.
H: unidentifid aircraft carrier at Naval Air Station, Alameda
I, J, K, L, M, N: Aerial views of the marina at the end of the Alameda San Francisco Bay Aerodrome, with sunken destroyers forming a line of breakers.
O, P, Q, R, S: images of single wing airplanes and their pilots at the San Francisco Bay Aereodrome, Alameda. O and S appear to be identical images of a pilot of Japanese American descent.
