Name/Title
Pickaxe with wooden handle and metal pick, from the collection of John Ucovich, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2025.110.20Description
Acc. No. 25.110.20
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: early 1900s
Object: tool
Description: Medium pickaxe with metal pick that has one flat end and one sharp end, and wooden handle.
Original tag had number U20.
Size: approx. 8“ W by 11” T
History of Object: pickaxe, part of a collection of carpentry tools, owned by John Ucovich (presumed), an immigrant carpenter from Montenegro. John Ucovich moved to Alameda around 1925, and ran a trucking business in Oakland. By 1938 John (aged 61) lived with his wife, Myrtle May, at 775 Santa Clara. He died as the result of injuries sustained after being run over by a streetcar on March 28, 1938.
Acquired from: Ron Ucovich
Donation Date: before 2018
Catalog Date: 12/1/2025