Title:
The proposed boulevard around Lake Merritt [cartographic material] : map specially
prepared for the Oakland Daily Evening Tribune.
Creator:
Schmidt Label & Lithograph Co.
Subject:
Land use, urban - California - Oakland - Maps.
Streets - California - Oakland - Maps.
Land subdivision - California - Oakland - Maps.
Adams, Edson, 1824-1914 - Homes and haunts.
Lake Merritt (Oakland, Calif.) - Maps.
Holy Names University (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Maps.
Lake Shore Avenue (Oakland,
Calif.) - History - Maps.
Lakeside Drive (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Maps.
Description:
Scale not given. The map, clipped from the Oakland Daily Evening Tribune of June 6,
1885 (p. 1) , shows the route of a boulevard proposed for the shores of Lake Merritt under a
plan supported by Mayor Melvin C. Chapman. The map designates land holdings of Edson Adams, A.
K. P. Harmon, the Sisters of the Holy Names (College of the Sacred Heart), Charles Newton,
Sarah A. Tompkins, Samuel Merritt, Gen. Thomas A. Williams, et al.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1885 June 6
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 27 cm.
Identifier:
copl_163
Source:
The Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, June 6, 1885, p. 1
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Maps.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.