Title:
Blake Block [picture] : SW corner of 12th and Washington.
Creator:
Cohen, Moses L., 1884-1975.
Subject:
Chain stores - California - History - Pictorial works.
Department stores - California
- Oakland - Pictorial works.
Architecture - California - Oakland - Pictorial works.
Retail
trade - California - Oakland - History - Pictorial works.
Money Back Smith (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Smith's Clothiers - History -
Pictorial works.
Description:
Title from item. Stamped on the reverse of item: "M. L. Cohen Co., General
Photographers, 357 12th St., Glen. 9717, Oakland, Cal.", "Downtown Property
Owners Association, Inc., 808 Easton Building, Oakland, California". The photograph
depicts the results of a modernization of the historic Blake Block and Money Back Smith, the
predecessor flagship store of the Smith's Clothers retail chain.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Contributor:
Downtown Property Owners Association (Oakland, Calif.).
Date:
1944
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier:
copl_191
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works. ; Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings,
structures, etc. - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.