Name/Title
Scrapbook concerning the Commuter's Club, 1931-1938Entry/Object ID
1997.440.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.440.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION; FERRY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1931 - 1938
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF MULTIPLE VARIEGATED DESIGN ON PAPER, WITH SPINE OF BLACK-COLORED LEATHER. TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON COVER STATES: "7:30 AM, ALAMEDA COMMUTERS' CLUB.".
SIZE: L 12" X W 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK CONTAINING NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF THE ALAMEDA COMMUTERS' CLUB, FROM 1931 TO 1938. THE COMMUTERS' CLUB WAS COMPOSED OF PASSENGERS OF THE FERRY CRAFT, ALL OF WHOM COMMUTED FROM ALAMEDA TO SAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN. ALSO INCLUDED ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE FERRY CRAFT, "OAK LAND." ALBUM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY THE DONOR. ALBUM WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1965, NUMBERED "48," AND HERETOFORE NOT CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
FRANK D KELLY
CATALOGED: JANUARY 3, 1965
