Name/Title
Photos of Alameda, by Edgar A. Cohen, c. 1895-1909Entry/Object ID
1998.108.4Description
Acc. No. 98.108.4 (a-i)
Subject Category: Views of Alameda
Date or Period: Ca. 1895–1909
Object: Photographs
Description: Modern glossy black/white contact prints, unmounted. Photographer: Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda.
Size: L-8 x W–10 in. (except #b, d and f: L-10 x W–8 in.).
History of Object: Various Alameda scenes: #a - original house on Cohen Estate, Fruitvale; #b - the stable on the Cohen Estate; #c - summer house at Shell Rd., Fernside; #d - tree near Smith property, Fernside; #e - mowing grain, Cohen Estate, Fernside; #f - entrance to the Cohen Estate, Fernside; #g - East side of bowling alley and summer house on the Fernside estate of A.E. Cohen; #h - similar view, but with two small children present; #i - Alameda shore, at San Leandro Bay; #j - distant view of prior scene; #k- view of railroad crossing and Oakland in distance taken from a marshy location; #l - sailboats at dock in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary.
Acquired from: Pat Hathaway Hist. Photo. Co.
Date: 1/31/98
