Name/Title
Photos operational view of the Powell Brothers, c. 1909Entry/Object ID
1995.174.1Description
Acc. No. 95.174.1 (a-c)
Subject Category: BUSINESSES - Powell Bros.
Date or Period: 1909
Object: Photographs
Description: Sepia-toned photos mounted on charcoal paperboards. Photographer unknown. Descriptive label affixed to lower margin; old catalog label glued to upper left margin of each. Nail holes are in all mounts.
Size (each): L-9 x W-10 1/2 in.
History of Object: Three operational views of the Powell Brothers, a cement, sand and building material firm, at work on an Alameda street. Horsedrawn wagons in context with piles of gravel and other road-building supplies, are posed in similar, but not identical, groupings.
Acquired from:
Mrs. U.S. Rhoade, 1959
Date: 7/22/95
Pre-1971 donation,
(a) old catalog #295
(b) old catalog #294
(c) old catalog #296
