Name/Title
Photos of Alameda, by Edgar A. Cohen, 1899-1908Entry/Object ID
1998.106.5Description
Acc. No. 98.106.5 (a-j)
Subject Category: Views of Alameda
Date or Period: 1899 thru 1908
Object: Photographs
Description: Set of modern glossy black/white contact prints, unmounted. Photographer: Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda. Image #i has a date written in red ink upon the upper right corner.
Size: L-5 x W-7 in (except #g - L-7 x W-5 in.).
History of Object: Various views of Alameda: #a - Oakland-Alameda Estuary, many arks are docked along the bank; #b - identical to #a; #c - Shoreline, San leandro Bay looking North toward Oakland hills; #d - identical to #c; #e - Grand Avenue; #f - Santa Clara Ave. looking West, probably from City Hall tower; #g - Entrance to Cohen Estate, Fernside; #h - Oakland-Alameda Estuary showing lumber boat "Caroline Dixon" in foreground; #i - sailboats, Oakland-Alameda Estuary; #j - Sailboat on San Leandro Bay, near Bay Farm Island.
Acquired from: Pat Hathaway Hist. Photo. Co.
Date: 1/31/98
