Name/Title
Clipping 'The Eucalyptus has served California faithfully', 1966Entry/Object ID
1998.364.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.364.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY : EUCALYPTUS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1966
OBJECT: CLIPPING, NEWSPAPER
DESCRIPTION:
TWO-PAGE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "KNAVE," IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 15" X W 11-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CLIPPING ENTITLED, "THE EUCALYPTUS HAS SERVED CALIFORNIA FAITHFULLY," FROM THE KNAVE SECTION OF THE "OAKLAND TRIBUNE," DATED AUGUST 23, 1966 (SUNDAY). THE ARTICLE REFERS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EUCALYPTUS TREE INTO CALIFORNIA, AND TO DR WILLIAM GIBBONS WHO PLANTED AN EARLY SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS AT CENTRAL AND PARK AVENUES, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. THE TREE GREW FROM A SEED WHICH HAD BEEN GIVEN TO DR GIBBONS VIA BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. ARTICLE WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO 1971 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
DONOR:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 31, 1998
