2000.1.1274

Port Costa, per the notation on the back of the photo, sometime around the turn of the 20th century. One-and two-storey houses are on the hillside on the south shore of Carquinez Strait. At the base of the hills, a trestle bridge carries a road over the railroad track. Railroad box cars are on a siding at right center. On the far side of the cars, at water's edge, there is a row of one-, two-, and three-storey commercial establishments, many with external balconies. Two large packing sheds can be seen on the westernmost side of the commercial establishments. [Since Port Costa was a large grain shipping port in thelatter half of the 19th century, the sheds may have been storage for grain shipments. JM 11/14/2000] Another notation on the back of the photo reads "Copied by Carl Bigelow."

Used: Oakland Tribune