2000.1.1275

A scene by a lake, bordered by large oak [?] trees in the foreground. On the edge of the lake is a small one-storey house with peaked roof. It has a tin-roof covered shed on the side of the house nearest the lake. On the other two sides there are attached shingle-roofed sheds.. there is also what may be a hen house attached to one fo the sheds. A beam between two of the trees at left carries a swing on which a person is seated. There are three separate captions attached to the back of the photo: The oldest is dated both May 7, 1932 and February 20, 1934; it reads "OAKS--Wooded Lakeside Park--or Adams Point as it was known--in the '70s before Oakland was large enough to become conscious of the beauty of Lake Merritt; it wasn't even a lake in those days but an arm of the estuary on which this humble home stood." The second is dated August 18, 1957, and it reads "Here is wooded Lakeside Park--or Adams Point asd it was known in the [18]'70s." The third is dated January 24, 1971; it reads "Lake Merritt wasn't even a lake when this humble home stood on Adams Point in the 1870's."

Used: Oakland Tribune