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

Summary

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

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

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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