Assignment #6 ~ Continued

Below are three different kinds of advertisements for land in the Island City of Alameda. These advertisements makes claims of a comfortable climate, excellent soil for agricultural purposes, and the fact that mud does not exist because the soil "soaks up the rain as soon as it falls."






There are no advertisements for land for sale on Bay Farm Island. In fact, the maps of the area at the time do not include many parts of the island that are currently inhabited. At this point in the history of the island and it's surrounding area, these portions are marked as "marsh land" as indicated in the upper left-hand corner of this advertisement.

It isn't until later that what is referred to as "re-claiming" of the land occurs and the marsh area are filled in and built upon. More on this subject to come...