Name/Title
History of Alameda, California, Vol I & II, Ed. Joseph E. Baker, 1914Entry/Object ID
1997.325.2Description
ACC. NO. 97.325.2 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HISTORY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1914
OBJECT: BOOKS
DESCRIPTION:
SET OF TWO VOLUMES, CONSISTING OF HARD-BOUND BOOKS, WITH COVERS OF DARK GREEN-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN BLACK LEATHER. SPINES ON BOTH VOLUMES HAVE INCISED GOLD LETTERING STATING, "HISTORY OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA."
A. VOLUME I
B. VOLUME II
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOKS ENTITLED, "PAST AND PRESENT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIF;" JOSEPH E BAKER, EDITOR. VOLUMES I AND II WERE PUBLISHED BY THE S I CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1914. PAGE 323 INCLUDES A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. VOLUME II CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. VOLUMES WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1950's; NUMBERED "704," BUT NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED UNTIL 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
F R KILLINGER
DATE CATALOGED: JULY 5, 1997
