Object number:
H99.1.7
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1916
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8.25 in, W: 10.75 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Handwritten on the back, "From left 1. Ad Schuster; 2. L.S. Levy, extreme right Harold Levy." Handwritten at the bottom on the front of the photo, "Editorial Room 8 & Franlin[sic] 1916." Photo shows a room with three windown across the back wall. On the right side of the room are three men sitting at tables. On the tables, which must serve as their desks, are some books, a phone, and bins for holding papers. Suspended from the ceiling is part of a pneumatic tube system. On the opposite side of the room are two men and a woman sitting at desks. These desks are also littered with papers, bins and a telephone. Two young boys, copy boys?, are standing at the back of the room by the windows.
Concepts:
woman; man; desk; office; editorial room; telephone; pneumatic tube system
Organizations:
Oakland Tribune
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