Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Acquisition Information
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Berkeley and Oakland Businesses and Scenes
Date: ca. 1900-ca. 1939
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1988.063--PIC
Extent:
52 photographic prints, 21 x 26 cm. or smaller; 3 post cards, 9 x 14 cm. or smaller.
54 digital objects
Repository:
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is available for use.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use
of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Berkeley and Oakland businesses and scenes, ca. 1900-ca. 1939, BANC PIC 1988.063--PIC, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Acquisition Information
The Berkeley and Oakland Businesses and Scenes collection was purchased in 1987.
Scope and Content
The Berkeley and Oakland Businesses and Scenes collection contains 52 photographs and 3 post cards dating from around the
turn of the century to the 1930s. The collection contains a miscellany of residences, businesses, street scenes, group portraits,
and churches. A large portion of the collection apparently documents the iron ornamentation of many of the featured buildings--perhaps
the work of Liberty Ornamental Iron and Wire Works, Inc., which is pictured in at least one photograph. Notable buildings
and locations include the Berkeley City Hall, the University of California at Berkeley, the Lutheran Church on Bancroft Way
in Berkeley, Shattuck Avenue, Alta Bates Hospital, the residence of C.L. Best, a large Masonic building, and the RKO Golden
Gate Theatre. Much specific information relating to many of the photographs--such as location, subject matter, date, or photographer--remains
unidentified.
Other areas featured in addition to Berkeley and Oakland include Piedmont, Alameda, Claremont, and San Francisco.
Photographers identified in the collection include Alfred Greene and Max W. Greene. Each of their studios is also pictured.
The collection has been arranged by general location (e.g. Berkeley, Oakland, etc.) when identifiable.