Recto: Signed in black ink at lower right: Oscar Maurer;
Verso: photograph came in original frame with verso sticker for Saake 467-14th St. OAKLAND, CAL. (1910 Husted’s Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley directory contains an advertisement for this firm for Frames – Pictures, with their factory located at 509 Seventeenth St. Firm could be found at this address from at least 1909-1916. E.J. Saake was known to have photographed the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906)
Provenance
Purchased for this archive in February, 2020 from dealer in Berkeley, CA.