Account book of the Royal Swim Club, 1903

Name/Title

Account book of the Royal Swim Club, 1903

Entry/Object ID

1998.412.1

Description

Acc. No. 98.412.1 Subject Category: Clubs Date or Period: 1903 Object: Account Book Description: Account book hard cover with hand inscribed entries on lined paper. Cover of book has incised letters RSC on patterned background. Spine of red colored leather. Size: L 12 1/2 W 5 1/2 inches History of Object: Account book containing dues of members of the Royal Swim Club later known as the Royal Athletic Club. The members erected a club house at the foot of Weber Street in 1904. The membership consisted of boys living in the vicinity of Weber Street. The donor was a member of the Club. Object donated to the Alameda Historical Society, numbered 211B, in 1957 and never catalogued. Donor: Judge Homer Spence Donated: December 5, 1998