Name/Title
Photos of employees and equipment of the S. P. electric trains, c. 1930Entry/Object ID
1998.378.14Description
Acc. No. 98.378.14 (a-j)
Subject Category: Transportation - Electric Trains
Date or Period: Circa 1930
Object: Photographs/Photographic Negative
Description: Set of images, #a-b are glossy black/white vintage prints, #c is a photographic negative, #d - is a brownish-toned glossy vintage print, #e-j are modern black/white contact prints made by Dr. Vernon Rabbach, Alameda. The photographer was Jack Gutte, a professional photographer in Alameda.
Sizes: #a-c: L2 3/4 x W-4 1/2 in., #d,f and h: L-4 x W-5 in.; #e, i and j: L-5 x W-4 in.
History of Object: Views of employees and equipment of the Southern Pacific electric trains that ran in Alameda: #a - station attendant on the telephone; #b - same employee, different pose; #c - negative showing an employee; #e - fare collector outside rail car; #d - rail car interior; #f and #g: employees posed outside of railway yard; #h - three conductors posed by the rails; #i - uniformed employee parked on a bicycle next to coach stop sign; #j two images of So. Pacific rail tracks in Alameda.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/21/98
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
