Name/Title
Photos of the C. H. Foster home at 1429 Oak Street, 1906Entry/Object ID
1996.303.1Description
Acc. No. 96.303.1 (a-b)
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda
Date or Period: 1906
Object: Photographs
Description: Modern black/white contact prints, unmounted. Photographer unknown.
Size: (each) L-3 1/2 x W-5 in.
History of Object: Two views of the C. H. Foster home, located at 1429 Oak Street:
a) the home and the adjacent Foster & Son planing mill;
b) an interior scene showing Mr. Foster seated beside a brick fireplace. This house still exists, serving as the present-day Children's Library. The donor is C.H. Foster's granddaughter.
Acquired from: Laura M. Taylor (1979)
Date: 8/24/06
