Title:
Temescal [picture].
Creator:
Unknown.
Subject:
Railroads - California - Oakland - Pictorial works.
Steam locomotives - California -
Oakland - Pictorial works.
Oakland Railroad Company (Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Description:
Title from item. Negative number in Oakland History Room's collection: F-1285.
"Collection Behrman" and "1889 Oakland Cal" is inscribed
on the image, although steam trains, operated by the Oakland Railroad Co., ceased operation
along this route in 1887 after public disapproval. The photograph is a view looking southward
down Telegraph Avenue from the bridge crossing Temescal Creek at what is now 51st Street in
the Temescal district of Oakland. The structure at the left was intact in 1974, according to
notes on the photograph.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Contributor:
Behrman, Martin, 1861-1945.
Date:
1887
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier:
copl_133
Neg. F-1285.
Coverage:
Temescal (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Pictorial works. ; Oakland (Calif.) - History -
Pictorial works. ; Telegraph Avenue (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.