Content Description

Photograph album containing 13 black and white, silver gelatin photographic prints showing the stages of construction of Winehaven at Point Molate, Richmond, California between 1907 and 1909. Photographs show unidentified men (most likely Winehaven associates) standing at railroad crossing at Point Molate; construction of the Winehaven facilities including various buildings and a pier; a Union Pacific Railroad boxcar and railroad tracks; women, men, and children standing on patio of a Winehaven building; and the view of Winehaven from the San Pablo Bay. Many photographs show the storage tanks of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in the Potrero Hills, located north and east of the Winehaven facilities. Front and back pages of photograph album have sticker labeled: "California Camera Co., Haight and Sixth, Alameda, Cal."

Provenance

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