SN-Les Paul c1940


Description:

Les Paul, hostler (the person who coordinates train movement at a rail yard), Shafter Avenue just north of 41st Street (looking northerly), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif.Les Paul was a "roomer" in the 1-1/2-story shingle house that had stood adjacent to the rail yard, mid-block on the west side of Shafter Avenue between 40th and 41st streets. [Paul Smith note]

Date of Document:
circa 1940

Shafter above 41st 2005


Description:

View of Shafter Avenue just north of 41st Street (looking northerly), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif.

Date of Document:
12-Jun-05





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