Name/Title
Pocket notebook of Etta Palmer and family, 1871Entry/Object ID
2016.4.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.4.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION, FERRY BOAT, CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1871
OBJECT: NOTEBOOK
DESCRIPTION: A POCKET-SIZE NOTEBOOK COVERED IN BROWN LEATHER WITH NO CAPTION. THE INTERIOR HAS A PAGE ATTRIBUTING THE PRINTING, ETC., TO THE HELD BROTHERS & DRY GOODS.
SIZE: L 6" X W 3-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A POCKET-SIZE NOTEBOOK ORIGINALLY BELONGING TO EMMA PALMER, HER DAUGHTER, AND GRANDSON. THE FAMILY MOVED TO ALAMEDA FOLLOWING THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE AND LIVED IN ALAMEDA FOR MANY YEARS. THE NOTEBOOK ALSO INCLUDES A RAILROAD SCHEDULE FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD, DATED 1871. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TIMES AND ROUTES OF THE FERRY BOAT AS WELL AS THE ALAMEDA BRANCH SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.
DONOR: ESTATE OF HELENE AMES
CATALOGED: JANUARY 9, 2016
