Name/Title
Photos of dedication transcontinental railroad plaque Lincoln and Webster, 1951Entry/Object ID
1997.622.1Description
Acc. No. 97.622.1 (a-c)
Subject Category: Transportation - Steam Trains
Date or Period: 1951
Object: Photographs
Description: Three glossy black/white photos, unmounted (but with glue and scrapbook paper residue on their versos). Photographer unknown. Images #a and b have yellow glue stains at their bottom edge; #c has a white typed description label at bottom edge.
Sizes: #a, b: L-4 x W-5; #c: L-5 x W-4 in.
History of Object: Three scenes from the dedication of a plaque at Lincoln Avenue and Webster St. commemorating the arrival in Alameda of the 1st Transcontinental passenger train from New York City, Sept. 6, 1869. Image #a - Jos. R. Knowland and an unidentified man standing by the plaque; #b-c: speakers addressing the crowd.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/01/97
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #200 series.
