Guide to the Businesses and scenes in Oakland, Calif., ca. 1914-ca. 1920
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Guide to the Businesses and scenes in Oakland, Calif., ca. 1914-ca. 1920
Collection number: BANC PIC 1983.123--NEG
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- 2002
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Businesses and scenes in Oakland, Calif.,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1914-ca. 1920
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1983.123--NEG
Creator:
Cheney Photo Adv. Co.
Extent:
29 glass negatives; 8 x 10 in.
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Collection consists of photographs of a number of Oakland businesses, institutions, homes, streets, and scenes. Included are
the Hall-Scott Motor Co. and several businesses from the Richmond, Calif. area.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
RESTRICTED GLASS NEGATIVES. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY:
Shelved as BANC PIC 1983.123--PIC. Use of negatives only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these
materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
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must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Businesses and scenes in Oakland, Calif., BANC PIC 1983.123--NEG, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Indexing Terms
Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, Inc.--Pictorial works.
Buildings--California--Oakland--Photographs.
Streets--California--Oakland--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Oakland--Photographs.
Vehicles--California--Oakland--Photographs.
Oakland (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Richmond (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Cheney, E. S. (Eston S.).
Biographic Note
Cheney Photo Adv. Co. was a business owned by E.S. Cheney.
Scope and Content
Businesses and scenes in Oakland, Calif. consists of 29 photographs by the Cheney Photo Adv. Co., taken ca. 1914-1920. Views
include Oakland businesses, institutions, homes, streets, and scenes, as well as views of several businesses from the Richmond,
Calif. area.
Also includes one view of the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, Inc.
Negative Storage Note
Restricted glass negatives are housed in the following boxes:
- 1-8: Box 1
- 9-15: Box 2
- 16-22: Box 3
- 23-29: Box 4
item 1
[Security Bank Building, 1106 Broadway, 1914?] A-582
item 2
C. Monoge, [307 Broadway: N.E. corner 8th and Broadway, 1920?] ----
item 3
[S.E. corner 8th and Broadway] Banca Popolare Fugazi A-2856
item 4
Kiel & Evans Co., [1450 Harrison St.] M-651
item 5
E. Sinai Furniture & Stoves; Seamen's Rest [both bear old and new addresses on Broadway] C66
item 6
New Polytecnic High School, Oakland, Cal. S-897
item 7
[Lake Merritt scene with yachts] M-66
item 8
Corner of the assembling room for Aeroplane Motors Hall-Scott Motor Co. A-1606
item 9
[Interior of unidentified factory] A-2570
item 10
[Interior of Oakland Enquirer Office, showing advertising and subscription windows] B-637
item 11
[Interior of unidentified grocery store] E-56
item 12
[Interior of butcher shop; sign on scale: Richmond Market, O.R. Ludewig, Prop.] E-61
item 13
[Interior of Clark's, coffee shop] F-211
item 14
[Interior of room with dresser and built-in seat (?)] B-411
item 15
[Interior of California style redwood house with Christmas tree and 2 children on wheeled toy.] ----
item 16
[Interior of what may be an orphanage; nine girls saying prayers at foot of beds] ----
item 17
[Looking N.W. into Hollywood from Lewis Ave. Oakland. One house at left; printing in negative identifying Hollywood, Beverly
Terrace, Foothill Blvd, and Golf Links]
B-2257
item 18
[Looking out Foothill Blvd. at Havenscourt Blvd.; cars approaching; pillars at intersection] A-1269
item 19
[Land sale at Lakeshore Highlands, by Walter H. Limert Co.; striped sales tent at left, cars parked, people near tent], 1920. E-664
item 20
Home Club and Cottages from Ardsley Heights. [Large building to right with covered stairway leading up from street below;
Clinton Mound Tract identified in negative]
S-409
item 21
[Automobile overturned near Harrison Market,] at 12th and Harrison Sts., May 24th, 1919. A-3278
item 22
[Scene in Oakland estuary] C-435
item 23
[Tidal basin near built-up railroad line] S-671
item 24
Richmond Furniture Co. B-1015
item 25
New public school, Point Richmond, Cal. B-743
item 26-27
Marchant Calculating Machine Co. [Buildings] A-3400 & nn
item 28
[Water temple at Crystal Springs, 1919(?)] B-2691
item 29
Stern Propeller, May 17th 19 [sic], W.P. Ferry. W-1140
