Wulzen (Albert H.), Panorama of Oakland, California, ca. 1879, ca. 1879

Summary

Title:

Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen

Dates:

ca. 1879

Creators:

Albert H. Wulzen

Extent:

1 portfolio (7 photoprints) ; 22 cm. in height, and approximately 136 cm. in total length 7 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen, ca. 1879, BANC PIC 1908.001--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a portfolio containing a panorama photograph, divided into 7 photoprints, hinged together. The photograph was taken from San Pablo and 14th Streets in Oakland, California, circa 1879. The photographer was Albert H. Wulzen. The following is the text from a note on the inner front cover of the album from J. C. Rowell, a University of California librarian:

"The date of this Panorama is approximately fixed as 1879. Albert H. Wulzen's name first appears in an Oakland directory of 1878-79. The Grand Central Hotel, located on Twelfth St., between Franklin and Webster Sts., was burned March 9, 1880. The picture of this building is in this photograph. J. C. Rowell, Librarian. Oct. 17, 1908."

Captions are handwritten above or below the photographs and are reprinted in the container listing.

Acquisition information:

This collection was a gift of May F. Benton in 1908.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Early views of Oakland and San Francisco. Collected by James K. Moffitt, ca. 1860-ca. 1939, bulk 1869.BANC PIC 1905.12073-.12187--PIC

Alternative form 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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Katherine Ruiz.

Date Prepared:

© 1996

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: November 2013

Restrictions:

Collection is available for use.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen, ca. 1879, BANC PIC 1908.001--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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