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[Bev Washburn Studios photographs of automobiles in San Francisco].
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Title:
[Bev Washburn Studios photographs of automobiles in San Francisco]Creator/Contributor:
Bev Washburn Studios, creator, photographer.Abstract:
Professional photographs of automobiles, perhaps to document automobile club activities and/or automobile shows, most taken
at points of interest throughout San Francisco in the 1920s. Many automobiles are painted with text or outfitted with signs
describing make, history, etc. Among the identified manufacturers represented are National (Nash), Oldsmobile, Franklin, Ford,
Studebaker, R.E.O., Buick, Packard and Overland. Many images include automobile enthusiasts posing, often humorously, with
the cars. Two images depict numerous cars being loaded or unloaded onto flatbed railroad cars. One image depicts a Studebaker
on stage at the Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley.
Date:
1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAutomobiles -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Automobiles -- California -- San Francisco -- Societies, etc
Automobiles
Automobiles -- Societies, etc
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's name printed on lower margin of most prints: "Bev Washburn Studios".
Backs of all prints include hand-written photographer's numbers. Many also include annotations pertaining to the make and
year of the automobile, the location of the image, etc.
Purchase from Kate Mitas Bookseller ; 2022.
Bev Washburn Studios photographs of automobiles in San Francisco, BANC PIC 2022.113, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
25 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 23 x 26 cm or smaller
Language:
English