Object number:
2001.1.132
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
circa 1925
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 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:
The proposed site for a Berkeley airport seen from the air. See 2001.1.131 for full description. The view shows tidelnads and a smoldering garbage dump. Two buildings and a tall smokestack are at upper right. One building is made of metal and has the word Berkeley painted on its roof. The other is a two-story brick [?] building, possibly a generating plant whose fuel is vented in the smokestack. A portion of one of the cow paddocks shown in 2001.1.131 is in the upper right corner.
Concepts:
smokestack; garbage dump; Tide land; airport
Places:
Berkeley, California
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