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Taken: 1878
Caption: Marker detail: map and caption
Additional Description: Excerpt from 1878 Thompson & West Atlas of Alameda County showing Joseph Emery's Lot 6 in pink and Edward Wiard's Lot 7 in blue, and the locations of their houses. Both lots were purchased in 1859; Emery's was 185 acres for which he paid $8,000, and Wiard's was 115 acres, which cost him $7,000. This map shows Shell Mound Park and the Oakland Trotting Park on Wiard's property and the urban street grid of the Park Avenue District on Emery's property.


Submitted: January 6, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p768507
File Size: 0.658 Megabytes

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