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Tobin farm house, East Palo Alto (Calif.) [graphic].
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Title:

Tobin farm house, East Palo Alto (Calif.)

Creator/Contributor:

LSA Associates, creator

Creator/Contributor:

De Vries, David.

Creator/Contributor:

Cimino, Stephanie.

Creator/Contributor:

Mesa Technical

Abstract:

Photographs document the Tobin farm house, located at 965 Weeks Street, East Palo Alto, Calif., prior to its demolition, ca. 2007, to make way for the Clarke-Weeks Townhomes project.

Date:

2007 (issued)

Subject:

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Charles Weeks Poultry Communities -- Pictorial works
Farm buildings -- California -- San Mateo County -- Photographs
Historic buildings -- California -- East Palo Alto -- Photographs
East Palo Alto (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

Collection prepared by LSA Associates. Photographs taken by David De Vries and Stephanie Cimino of Mesa Technical, Berkeley, Calif. Subject referred to as Tobin House in description provided by donor.
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Collection housed in a manner similar to those prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), as received: photographs inserted into card mounts bearing typescript captions; mounts sleeved and bound in 3-ring binder; accompanied by index to photographs.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
The Tobin farm house was one of the last buildings associated with Runnymede -- or Charles Weeks' Poultry Colony -- a short-lived agricultural utopia established by Weeks in 1916 in the area that is current-day East Palo Alto.
Item list available in binder with photographs.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

graphic
photonegative
photoprint
1 binder (15 photographic prints and typescript pages) and 15 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/reference-online

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.

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