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[Southern Pacific Co. right of way photographs taken in Berkeley, Alameda and Oakland, Calif.].
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[Southern Pacific Co. right of way photographs taken in Berkeley, Alameda and Oakland, Calif.]Creator/Contributor:
Estey Photo Service, creator, photographer.Abstract:
Photographs used as evidence in at least one legal case -- Thorgensen v. Southern Pacific Co. et al -- depicting Southern
Pacific right of way lines in Alameda near the Oakland Estuary; at a Southern Pacific and Key Route station in South Berkeley
at Adeline and Alcatraz Streets; and running through two unidentified areas likely in Oakland, but perhaps Alameda and/or
Berkeley. The front of one print is stamped "Defendant's Exhibit".
Date:
1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRailroads -- California -- Alameda County -- Photographs
Railroad stations -- California -- Berkeley -- Photographs
Gares -- Californie -- Berkeley -- Photographies
Railroad stations
Railroads
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- Alameda County
California -- Berkeley
Southern Pacific Company -- Trials, litigation, etc
Southern Pacific Company -- Photographs
Southern Pacific Company
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's stamp on backs of two prints: "Estey Photo Service, 829 Harrison Street, phone Oakland 2022".
Captions printed in negative of two images include dates of 1925 and 1926. One print includes descriptive caption typed on
back. Another print bears a caption adhered to the back which describes a view not depicted in any of the images herein.
Purchase from Kate Mitas ; 2023.
Southern Pacific Co. right of way views in Berkeley, Alameda and Oakland, Calif., BANC PIC 2023.053, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs
Trials, litigation, etc.
Physical Description:
photoprint
4 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 44 x 65 cm or smaller
Language:
English