Photograph album of UC Express and Storage Company

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Berkeley Historical Society

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Berkeley, California 94704

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http://www.berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org/

2016

Descriptive Summary

Title: Photograph album of UC Express and Storage Company

Dates: ca.1920-1940

Collection Number: 1978.090

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 album, 27 b&w photographs ; 22 x 35 cm.

Repository: Berkeley Historical Society

Berkeley, California 94704

Abstract: Photographs of UC Express and Storage company and its subsidiary Yellow Van Shipping Company.

Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research

Preferred Citation

Photograph album of UC Express and Storage Company. Berkeley Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs show company vans, storage rooms, men packing items, etc. Early photographs show horse drawn wagons on Berkeley Way at Bonita. Later photos show building and vans on Berkeley Way between Shattuck and Oxford. Includes photos of Yellow Van Shipping Company, operated by UC Express, one with Yellow Van containers on flatbed car; trucks of both companies on Grove Street in south Berkeley.