Finding aid to the Chadwick & Sykes photograph albums of contract and engineering projects PC 013
Jaime Henderson
California Historical Society
2018
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Chadwick & Sykes photograph albums of contract engineering projects
Creator:
Chadwick & Sykes, Inc
Identifier/Call Number: PC 013
Physical Description:
2 flat boxes;
two small albums are stored in one small flat box; one large
album is stored in larger flat box.
Date (inclusive): 1907-1920
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
Consists of photographs of contract engineering projects in California and the West,
including bridges, railway lines, trestles, a dam, and the Parkside Realty Company
development in San Francisco. Includes images of Colfax (Placer County), Blue Canyon (Placer
County), Kiernan (Nevada), Palisade (Nevada), Floristan (Nevada County), Automobile
Boulevard (San Francisco), Salt Lake Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad (Altamont), Union
Oil Company (Oleum, Contra Costa County), Parkside Transit Co., Chowchilla (Madera County),
Milliken Bridge (Merced County), and Richmond (Contra Costa County?). Many photos contain
images of workers, machinery and equipment. Includes one photo of interior of company
office.
Chadwick & Sykes (George C. Chadwick and Frank C. Sykes) was a contracting and
engineering firm located in San Francisco, circa 1906-1920s.
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Chadwick & Sykes were transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS) in April
2010 by Cynthia Lovewell. Reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of CHS. Please contact
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the George Chadwick family, 2010.
[Identification of item, date]; Chadwick & Sykes photograph albums of contract and
engineering projects, PC 013; [box number, folder number]; California Historical
Society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil engineering -- California -- Photographs
Photograph albums
Parkside Realty Company (San Francisco, Calif.)