Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., circa 1915-circa 1925, ca. 1915-ca. 1925

Summary

Title:

Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif.

Dates:

ca. 1915-ca. 1925

Extent:

274 photographs, various sizes; compiled in 2 albums, 18 x 35 cm. and 29 x 40 cm. 41 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., circa 1915-circa 1925, BANC PIC 1905.11964-.11965--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif. albums contain 274 photographic prints taken circa 1915 to circa 1925. The subject of the albums is the Redwood Manufacturers Co. (Remco), located in Pittsburg adjacent to the U.S. Steel Corporation. Both albums feature scenes from the Remco factory and wharf which include grounds, lumber yards, machinery, a wide array of Remco redwood products -- such as pipes, tanks, doors, balusters, posts, shingles, siding, railing, columns, and models -- and several steam ships. The second album (1905.11965) also pictures residential exteriors presumably featuring Remco products, installation activity, damaged buildings, a loading crane accident, and Remco president C.J. Wood.

Photographers featured in the collection include R.J. Waters & Co. and Frost Photo of Oakland.

Several photographs have been glued to the album pages, thus preventing access to their verso captions.

Acquisition information:

Unknown.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Alternative form 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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Chris McDonald.

Date Prepared:

© 1996

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: April 2016

Restrictions:

Collection is available for use.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., circa 1915-circa 1925, BANC PIC 1905.11964-.11965--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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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