Name/Title
Photos relating to Water Works, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
1998.125.1Description
Acc. No. 98.125.1 (a-d)
Subject Category: Water Systems
Date or Period: Ca. 1880
Object: Photographs
Description: Set of glossy black/white photos, unmounted, but with Scotch taping residue on all verso but that of #c. A white typed description label, or remnants of same, is found on all images except #c, which has a number written in black ink on its bottom margin. Photographers unknown. Modern contact prints.
Size: #a - L-7 x W-5; #b,c,d: L-5 x W–7 in.
History of Object: Water system photos: #a - a plaque commemorating the laying of the cornerstone of the "Tank Building" for the Artesian Water Works of Alameda, 1880; #b - Norton Water Works, artesian wells located near Santa Clara Ave. on Grand St.; #c and #d: identical images of the Thompson Water Works, artesian wells on High Street.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 2/7/98
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
