Name/Title
'California at the World's Columbia Exposition, 1893'Entry/Object ID
1997.674.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.674.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD'S FAIR
DATE OR PERIOD: 1893
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF DARK BROWN-COLORED BUCKRAM, WITH INCISED GOLD LETTERING, "CALIFORNIA AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION, 1893."
SIZE: L 9" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOK CONCERNING THE WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1893. PAGE 24 MENTIONS A DISPLAY OF BORAX FROM THE PACIFIC COAST BORAX COMPANY OF ALAMEDA, WHICH WAS PART OF AN EXHIBIT. BOOK WAS GIVEN IN 1958 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION. DONOR, EVERETT E FARWELL, FATHER OF DRUSILLA FARWELL STRELOW (NEPTUNE BEACH ) WAS A BOOK DEALER. BOOK WAS NUMBERED "857."
ACQUIRED FROM:
EVERETT E FARWELL
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997
