1900 - 1910 Downtown Pinole

Photograph

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Pinole Historical Society

Downtown Pinole, 1900-1910 #1: A lone pedestrian prepares to cross Main Street (above), then a dirt road, at the intersection of Tennent Avenue and Main Street, in the horse-and-buggy days of the fledgling city.
Downtown Pinole, 1900-1910 #1

A lone pedestrian prepares to cross Main Street (above), then a dirt road, at the intersection of Tennent Avenue and Main Street, in the horse-and-buggy days of the fledgling city.

Name/Title

1900 - 1910 Downtown Pinole

Description

TRANQUIL DOWNTOWN PINOLE PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I, LOOKING EAST ON SAN PABLO AVENUE: Old Pinole is transitioning to the modernizations of the new century. Horses and cars now compete for curb space. Power poles bringing electricity and telephone lines dot both sides of unpaved San Pablo Avenue. Brick and stone buildings are replacing fire-prone wooden dwellings. A fireplug sits outside O’Brian’s Corner Saloon in the right foreground. A manhole cover in the middle of the street is evidence of the town’s first 1906 sewer line. A single auto is outnumbered by horse-drawn vehicles, including the grocery delivery cart of the Pinole Central Grocery. A hitching post and horse trough stand out as time-honored symbols of vintage Pinole’s saloon culture.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900 - circa 1910

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Pinole Historical Society