Large cabinet photograph showing the Atlas Gas Engine Company buildings in Oakland California. Photographed by R J Walters Company of San Francisco. (Empress of San Francisco) and a couple that look like tug boats. John Lorimer and Axel Warenskjold started …..
Charles Besthorn founded the Charles Besthorn Tobacco Company in San Francisco in the 1890s. About twenty years later moved his business to Oakland. Several years later he suffered a nervous breakdown and his son William had taken over the management …..
As shown, slightly smaller than standard size, meas. Approx 3 1/8″× 5 1/4″. Please view all photos. I believe the building at the end of the street was a saloon. There would’ve been a Dr. Ice Cream Parlor, Shoe Repair, …..