Finding Aid to Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen, ca. 1879, ca. 1879

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Finding Aid to Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen, ca. 1879, ca. 1879

Collection number: BANC PIC 1908.001--fALB

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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Processed by Katherine Ruiz.
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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Panorama of Oakland, California, by Albert H. Wulzen
Date: ca. 1879
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1908.001--fALB
Photographer: Albert H. Wulzen
Extent: 1 portfolio (7 photoprints) ; 22 cm. in height, and approximately 136 cm. in total length 7 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is available for use.

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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

Digital Representations 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.

Related Collection

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

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

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

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.

 

Plate 1: [13th Street ?] BANC PIC 1908.001:001--fALB

 

Plate 2: 14th St. looking west. Roof of Public Library BANC PIC 1908.001:002--fALB

 

Plate 3: [San Pablo Avenue] BANC PIC 1908.001:003--fALB

 

Plate 4: San Pablo Ave. BANC PIC 1908.001:004--fALB

 

Plate 5: [Junctions of 14th, Broadway, and San Pablo Ave.] BANC PIC 1908.001:005--fALB

 

Plate 6: Junctions of 14th, Broadway, and San Pablo [Ave.] [Grand Central Hotel] BANC PIC 1908.001:006--fALB

 

Plate 7 : Washington St. looking south BANC PIC 1908.001:007--fALB