A black and white photograph of Forbes Mill, as it looked in the 1870s when it was operated as the Los Gatos Manufacturing Company. The mill and associated buildings is in the left portion of the image, with a bridge extending out of the mill towards the right of the image. There are eleven men standing on the bridge facing the camera.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver chloride
Subject Person or Organization
Los Gatos Manufacturing Company
Subject Place
Location
Forbes Mill
City
Los Gatos
Region
Central California
Continent
North America
Collection
History Collection, Bill Wulf Collection
Cataloged By
registrar@numulosgatos.org
Acquisition
Accession
2023.6
Source or Donor
William Arie Wulf
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Bill Wulf
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1870
Time Period
19th Century
Place
City
Los Gatos
Region
Central California
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Label
Location
Back of photo
Transcription
HISTORICAL COLLECTION
WILLIAM A. WULF
LOS GATOS HISTORIAN
230 SAN MATEO AVE.
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
95030 354-0673
Language
English
Material/Technique
Stamped
Type
Inscription
Location
Back of photo
Transcription
The flour mill built in Los Gatos by James Alexander Forbes as it appeared in the 1870s when it was known as the Los Gatos Manufacturing Company.
