Dressler's Pioneer Place, ca. 1920s
Processed by Padma Rubiales.
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/
© 1997
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Dressler's Pioneer Place, ca. 1920s
Collection number: BANC PIC 1987.041--ALB
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/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Processed by Padma Rubiales.
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 2015 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Dressler's Pioneer Place
Date: ca. 1920s
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1987.041--ALB
Collector:
Albert Dressler
Extent:
21 photographic prints in 1 album; black and white; 19 x 29 cm.
21 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
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dressler's Pioneer Place, ca. 1920s, BANC PIC 1987.041--ALB, 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 Collections
Title: Views of Dressler's Pioneer Place and Other California Scenes.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1992.019--PIC
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Purchased 1987
Biography
Albert Dressler was a writer and publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among the publications to his credit are
Ernest Narjot: California's Pioneer Artist,
California's Pioneer Circus,
California's Pioneer Mountaineer,
Emperor Norton of the United States,
California Chinese Chatter,
California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek, and others. He also operated the Merry Way Publishing Company in San Francisco.
Scope and Content
The Dressler's Pioneer Place album contains 21 black and white photographs dating from the 1920s. One photograph is dated
September, 1929. Dressler's Pioneer Place was a business and apparent historical museum located at 2282 Fulton Street, Berkeley,
California. The Place seems to have been an antique or curio shop, or a venue for humorous historical reenactments. Views
of people in historical costume, sets, Albert Dressler, and the store front are shown. The album also contains "My Thirteen
Demandments," a printed list of humorous business ethics. The album's photographer is unknown.
My Thirteen Demandments [plaque by Albert Dressler] BANC PIC 1987.041:01a--ALB
Sir Albert Dressler, (with wheels too many) BANC PIC 1987.041:01--ALB
Main Entrance Pioneer Place and Cellarville, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:02--ALB
Office and Keeper, Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:03--ALB
Queen of Hearts and Two Jacks, at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:04--ALB
When hearts beat like one, Reception Room, la-exquiz-it at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:05--ALB
Newlyweds, Church of Celarville at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:06--ALB
Bridal and Groom Room at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:07--ALB
June and August Banquet Room at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:08--ALB
Pawn Shop, Cellarville at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:09--ALB
Wells Fargo & Co., Cellarville at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:10--ALB
Joss House & Hop Den, Chinatown, Cellarville at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:11--ALB
Saloon, Cellarville at Pioneer Place, Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:12--ALB
She's the Lady Who Wired Me Money BANC PIC 1987.041:13--ALB
[Lady Janet and Albert Dressler] BANC PIC 1987.041:14--ALB
Lady Janet - Me - Mother BANC PIC 1987.041:15--ALB
[Man in front of Pioneer Place] BANC PIC 1987.041:16--ALB
[Man pretending to shoot toy cats] BANC PIC 1987.041:17--ALB
[Man and woman in front of Pioneer Place] BANC PIC 1987.041:18--ALB
[Dressler and others in costume in front of Pioneer Place] BANC PIC 1987.041:19--ALB
Come See Me! Albert Dressler BANC PIC 1987.041:20--ALB
Cellarville Gang, September 28, 1929, "Pioneer Place" - Berkeley, California BANC PIC 1987.041:21--ALB
