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Title
Federal Realty Building, Oakland, California [picture]
Creator
Mitchell, Edward H., 1868-
Contributor
McDougall, Benjamin Geer, 1866-
Date Created and/or Issued
1914
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Edward H. Mitchell
Contributing Institution
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection
Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information
Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Title from item. Negative number in Oakland History Room's collection: F-794. Stamp on reverse: "Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher of Colored Post Cards, 3363 Army Street, San Francisco, Cal." "Federal Realty Bldg. Oakland, California" and "2845" painted on the image itself, along with touch-ups in gray. The photograph depicts the Federal Realty Building (now known as the Cathedral Building) at the Broadway-Telegraph Ave. gore in downtown Oakland. The early skyscraper of the Beaux Arts style was designed by Benjamin Geer McDougall and completed in 1914.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7d5nd47c
copl_142
Neg. F-794.
Subject
Architecture - California - Oakland - 20th century - Pictorial works
Skyscrapers - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Federal Realty Co. (Oakland, Calif.) - Buildings
Cathedral Building (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Pictorial works
Place
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

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