Handwritten on the back, "February 15, 1928. Left to right: C.E. Capwell, Mayor Davie, A.B.C. Dohrmann, A.S. Lavenson." A portrait of the four men in front of a crowd. This would be during the construction of the new Capwell's store in Oakland. The building will cost 10,000,000 dollars. C.E. Capwell is H.C. Capwell's son. He is assistant secretary and treasurer and director of the H.C. Capwell co. in 1927 when Capwell's is bought by Emporium. C.E. Capwell later resigns along with his father to open "Capwell, Sullivan and Furth", with T.S. Sullivan and E.H. Furth. A.B.C. Dohrmann is the son of F.W. Dohrmann. He is elected vice president of the Emporium in 1914 after his father dies and his brother is made director. A.B.C. Dohrmann then becomes president in 1916 when Albert Dernham dies. In 1920 he organizes the executive committee in order to take no steps without the general approval of what he called the "composite mind". This is described in a historical pamphlet as meaning "a thorough selling of ideas and clarification of them before their execution." In 1928, A.B.C. Dohrmann is made chairman of the board and in 1929 he is made the president along with being the chairman of the board. In 1930 he was forced to take a 40% cut in pay which was not fully restored until 1935. He died December 28, 1936.