Title:
Picturesque Oakland : 1889.
Creator:
Britton & Rey.
Subject:
Churches - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Neighborhoods - California -
Oakland - Pictorial works
Universities and colleges - California - Oakland - Pictorial
works.
Description:
Cover title. An album, primarily of lithographs from photographs by W. S. Jones,
depicting Oakland buildings and streets, with some landscape, waterfront and Lake Merritt
views. Includes an introductory essay with a poem by Joaquin Miller,
"Oakland", originally written for the Oakland Tribune. Introductory text,
pp. 2-3, poem by Joaquin Miller, p. 4. The remaining leaves consist of photographs: City Hall
Park, p. 5, Masonic Temple, p. 6, (Alameda County) Court House, p. 7, (Alameda County) Hall of
Records, p. 8, St. Mary's College (of California), p. 9, Snell Seminary, p. 10, Mills Seminary
(Mills Hall, Mills College), p. 11, Lafayette School; p. 12, Chabot Observatory, p. 13, Oak
Street Park, p. 14, Washington Square, p. 15, Tubbs' Hotel, p. 16, "From the Alameda
shore," p. 17, The (Oakland) waterfront, p. 18, Oakland Pier, Terminus of the Central
Pacific (Transcontinental) Railroad, p. 19, Lake Merritt looking south (from the estate of
A.K.P. Harmon), p. 20, Lake Merritt looking north (from 12th St. dam), p. 21, "On
Lake Merritt" (view southeast into Clinton district of East Oakland), p. 22, Entrance
to Mountain View Cemetery (head of Piedmont Avenue), p. 23, "In Mountain View
Cemetery," p. 24, Washington Street, north from Ninth, p. 25, Broadway, north from
Ninth St., p. 26, Blake & Moffitt Building, p. 27, San Pablo Ave. and Broadway, p. 28,
Bird's-eye view on Broadway at Ninth, p. 29, Bird's-eye view from Masonic Temple, p. 30,
Bird's-eye view looking N.E., Contra Costa Mountains, p. 31, Fourteenth looking west from
Brush, p. 32, Fourteenth looking east from Brush, p. 33, Grove St. north from 17th, p. 34,
Broadway and Webster St., p. 35, Webster, from Twentieth (showing Sacred Heart Academy,
Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names), p. 36, Brush, north from Thirteenth St., p. 37,
Jackson, from Central Ave. (12th St.), p. 38, Harrison St. from 14th looking north, p. 39,
Lake (19th St.), east from Jackson, p. 40, Durant (20th St.) from Webster St. looking east, p.
41, Vernon Ave., p. 42, "On Telegraph Avenue," p. 43, Piedmont Boulevard
(Ave.), p. 44, St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church (San Antonio, Calif.), p. 45, Jewish
Congregation (First Hebrew), p. 46, Seventh-day Adventist Church, (the caption appears as a
paste-over), p. 47, First Congregational Church, p. 48, St. John's Episcopal Church, p. 49,
First Methodist Episcopal Church, p. 50, First Presbyterian Church, p. 51, Ashbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, p. 52. String-bound. Each page depicts a single photograph; captions are
printed or pasted below the original. The object was described in the Spring 2005 catalog of
Argonaut Book Shop (San Francisco) as follows: "Oblong octavo. 5pp. printed on rectos
only, plus 48 full-page plates. Green boards, printed on front cover. Spine tied with ribbon
as issued...Very scarce. Only 7 copies located, mostly in California, one in New York. The
full-page plates are clear photogravures produced by Britton & Rey from photographs
taken specifically for this work by W. S. Jones. A few of the plates are captioned (later) in
pencil as to location, etc. Numerous buildings and street scenes are shown including churches
and synagogues, schools, Civic buildings, Chabot Observatory, parks, the waterfront, views of
Lake Merritt, cemeteries, various streets such as Broadway, Washington, and Fourteenth streets
(and numerous others), bird’s-eye views of the town in various directions, etc."
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Contributor:
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. ; Jones, W. S.
Date:
1889
Type:
image
Format:
52 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm.
Identifier:
copl_066
Source:
copl_066
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works ; Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings,
structures, etc. - Pictorial works ; Lake Merritt (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Picturesque Oakland : 1889.