Central Library/Carquinez Straits Collection, 1900-1920

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Central Library/Carquinez Straits Collection
Dates:
1900-1920
Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
1 box
Language:
Preferred citation:

Central Library/Carquinez Straits Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of photographs of the San Francisco Ferry Building dated 1919, photographs of the Northwest Territories and a Columbia River fish salting plant evidently from the early 1900s, and prints of 1850s paintings of San Francisco. The material is from a much larger donation of materials from the Central Library of Contra Costa County in the 1990s. None of the material in this box pertains to the Carquinez Straits.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
1900-1920
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.

Preferred citation:

Central Library/Carquinez Straits Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Location of this collection:
724 Escobar Street
Martinez, CA 94553, US
Contact:
9252291042