Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by William Noy, former Mayor, early 1890s-1900sEntry/Object ID
1997.417.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.417.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1890's - 1900's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF EMBOSSED CARDBOARD, ELABORATE VICTORIAN DESIGN OF BIRD AND FLOWERS, AND CAPTION, "ALBUM," IN CURIOUS LETTERING, ACCENTUATED IN GOLD ON A ROSE- AND BLACK-COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 14" X W 11-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK COMPILED BY WILLIAM H NOY, ONE-TIME MAYOR OF ALAMEDA. SCRAP BOOK CONCERNS POLITICS AND FAMILY MATTERS. MR NOY, PROPRIETOR OF THE PALACE MEAT MARKET AT BAY STREET STATION, SERVED TWO TERMS AS MAYOR, FROM 1909 TO 1930. AN ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE RE WILLIAM J DUNLEAVY, BASEBALL PLAYER, WHO MARRIED MR NOY'S DAUGHTER, LAVINIA, IS ALSO INCLUDED. MRS DUN LEAVY, IN TURN, DONATED THE ALBUM IN 1952 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THE SCRAP BOOK IS NUMBERED "S-41," AND WAS NEVER CATALOGED BY THE SOCIETY.
ACQUIRED FROM:
LAVINIA NOY DUN LEAVY
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
