Name/Title
'Cyclist's Road-Book of California', 1893Entry/Object ID
1997.506.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.506.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1893
OBJECT: ROAD BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOKLET, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM. INCISED CAPTION, "ROAD BOOK," APPEARS IN FADED GOLD COLOR.
SIZE: L 7-3/4" X W 4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOK ENTITLED, "THE CYCLIST'S ROAD-BOOK OF CALIFORNIA," CONTAINING MAPS OF THE PRINCIPAL RIDING DISTRICTS --- NORTH, EAST, AND SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. PUBLISHED IN 1893. BOOK IS INSCRIBED, "DR E P S CLARK, ALAMEDA, CAL, 2161 CENTRAL AVENUE." OBJECT WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "179-X," BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
