Name/Title
Washington School Grammar School Diploma of Sylvia Zanaria, 1925Entry/Object ID
2015.47.1Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 15.47.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; WASHINGTON
DATE OR PERIOD: 1925
OBJECT: DIPLOMA
DESCRIPTION: A PRINTED DIPLOMA IN ORNATE STYLE TYPE THAT HAS A BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "ALAMEDA CITY SCHOOLS," IN BLACK COLORED TYPE ON A WHITE COLORED BACKGROUND. DIPLOMA IS CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME ACCENTUATED WITH EMBOSSED GESSO OF SILVER ON A CHARCOAL COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 9" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A GRAMMAR SCHOOL DIPLOMA, DATED JUNE 12, 1923, AND ISSUED TO SYLVIA, DAUGHTER OF GIOVANNI AND ANTONIA ZANARIA. SYLVIA LATER MARRIED WILLIAM GATES, THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, WILLIAM JOHN AND CAROL (DEAN). SYLVIA PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AT THE AGE OF 102. IN 1912, SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE FAMILY HOME AT 810 TAYLOR AVENUE, ALAMEDA.
DONOR: CAROL DEAN,
CATALOGED: MAY 2, 2015