Alpine Avenue

Name/Title

Alpine Avenue

Entry/Object ID

2025.27.2

Description

A black and white photograph, likely an enlargement, of Alpine Avenue in Los Gatos. Numerous historic houses and structures are visible throughout the image, including the churches on Church Street in the center background. The image has a white border around three of the four sides.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Los Gatos

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Acquisition

Accession

2025.27

Source or Donor

Gwen Dawkins

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Tom Atkinson

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1905

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Los Gatos

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Notes

The donor's house is not built yet, dating the image prior to 1915. The high school is also not built yet, dating the image even further, to 1908 at the latest, which is when the high school was first constructed on its current site.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

10 in

Length

8 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good