H79.122.44II
ca. 1880-1920
Gift of Mr. Robert J. Hannah
H79.122.44II
California picture postcards. Description: Postcard scenes of East Bay (Oakland and Berkeley). a) Public library, Oakland (colored), c. 1915. b) Hotel St. Mark, Twelfth & Franklin St., Oakland (colored) c. 1915 message on reverse. c) Theatre, Idora Park, Oakland (colored) c. 1910. d) Willows and poplars (shoreline), Lake Merritt, Oakland (small pier is only sign of development). Slight ink stain on front. Reverse has names and numerals; these have pressed through and indent front. Colored. c. 1905. e) "Bit of Venetian Roof Garden, H.C. Capwell Co., Oakland" (colored) Shows pillars, flowers and fountain, c. 1910. f) Entire exterior of H.C. Capwell Co., Oakland (colored) c. 1910. g) Children's play room adjoining roof garden, H.C. Capwell Co., Oakland. (colored) c. 1910. Shows several children playing with slides, sandlot, and other toys inside large room with windows. h) "Bit of Venetian Roof Garden, H.C. Capwell Co., Oakland (colored) c. 1910. Shows beds of flowers and part of roof building. Different view from #e. i) Tea room adjoining roof garden, H.C. Capwell C., Oakland. (colored) c. 1910. Shows tables, chairs, interior structure. j) A view across Lake Merritt, Oakland (colored) Trees and streetlight in foreground, downtown buildings and Lake homes in background. Reverse has ink message, name & Oakland address. Stamp and Berkeley postmark dated 1916. k) Piedmont baths, Oakland (colored) Good view of large brick building. Reverse has ink message and name and Sacramento address. Stamp with Oakland postmark dated 1909. Lower right-hand corner bent. l) St. Mary's College, Oakland (colored) Good view of multistoried brick building. Reverse has ink message, name & Sacramento address. Stamp & Berkeley postmark dated 1910. m) High School, Berkeley (clear view of school, car parked in front, dirt road and trolley tracks) Colored. Reverse has pencil message, name & Oakland address. Berkeley postmark and stamp, dated 1916. n) The Greek Theater, University of California, Berkeley (colored) Seats are full and four people are on the stage area. Reverse has pencil message and name & Sacramento address. Stamp and Berkeley postmark dated 1911. Badly printed (blurred) and postmark ink on front; lower right-hand corner bent. o) Claremont Hotel, "Oakland, Calif." Note Hotel architecture is considerably different than today, with pseudo-tudor style exposed timber beams. Reverse has ink message, name & Oakland address. Stamp and San Francisco postmark, date illegible. c. 1915. Card is colored. p) Alameda County Court House, Oakland. (colored) Clear view of building with Federal style architecture with Victorian influence. Dirt road in foreground. c. 1905. q) Mechanics Building, University of California, Berkeley. Many trees surround the building & there are no other buildings in sight. Reverse has ink message, name & Sacramento address, Stamp and Oakland postmark 1909. r) Card advertising Broadway Cafeteria; two photo views, words "Music" and address: 1560 Broadway Oakland. Sepia tone. Reverse has ink message, name & Oakland address. Stamp & Oakland postmark 1915. s) City Hall Square, Oakland. Words across scene "Alameda County Exposition, Compliments Oakland Tribune" (colored) Minor amount of small brown spots on fornt. c. 1905. t) View of room with many desks and typewriters. Words on card: "Said to be the largest and best equpped typing department in the U.S.; Heald Dexon College, Oakland" Ink message, name & Oakland address on reverse. Stamp and Oakland postmark dated 1916. u) The Polytechnic Business College Building, Twelfth & Harrison Streets, Oakland (colored) Reverse ink message, name, Sacramento address Stamp & Oakland postmark, 1909. v) Card package, with exterior having panorama of Oakland looking East from Broadway. Small tab on right when pulled brings out booklet series of views 2 x 3" of: Hotel Metropole, St. Mary's College, Post Office, 14th Street and Broadway from City Hall Park, Broasway with streetcar, Oakland High School, Public Library, Union Savings Bank Building, Mills College, Bell Tower, Lake Merritt, Home of Joaquin Miller, and the Santa Fe Depot. Tab is bent and worn, both sides of exterior package are sligthly scratched and soiled. c. 1905. w) Advertising postcard for "Albany Painless Dentists". Front has picture of building at 15th & Broadway, with words at either end of card: Solid Gold Crowns; Solid Gold Bridge Work, $5.00/Good Set of Teeth; Fillings, etc. Reverse has more advertisement, including guarantees and the address: "Mr. & Mrs. Acheingtooth, My City, Oakland". x) Postcard photograph taken with postcard camera. Group of six young women sitting and kneeling on grassy area, one with camera in hand. Woman on far right has ink star beside her and the word "me". Below photo are written words "Sept. 5/09 Oakland". Reverse has ink message (writer is "Mabel" and people on front are the "Goldberg-Bowen Bunch"), name, and Sacramento address. Stamp and Oakland postmark dated 1909. y) Postcard photograph taken with postcard camera. Shows older woman on top of stairs of a small Victorian-style house. Picket fence in front. c. 1905. Yellowed. z) Postcard photograph of Victorian house. Dirt street and trolley tracks are visible in foreground. c. 1905. Yellowed. aa) Postcard photograph taken with postcard camera. Shows older woman sitting on top of stair of house in a rural setting. Cow is visible to left of house and hills are behind house. Not the smae house as "y" but probably same woman. c. 1910. Yellowed. bb. Postcard photograph taken with postcard camera. Woman standing in front of house. Reverse has ink message, name and Albany address. Return address (and house in ?) Oak Park. Stamp and Oak Park postmark dated 1913. Yellowed. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Condition: Very good except as noted. History: See page 1 part of Paul Collection. Remarks: Part of larger California Collection.
Used: souvenir
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