Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by Mamie Chappel, 1893-1894Entry/Object ID
1997.421.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.421.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; HIGH SCHOOL; CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1893 - 1894
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
LEDGER TYPE BOOK, WITH BLACK-COLORED CARD BOARD COVER. ATTACHED TO COVER IS A PRINTED PAPER LABEL, WITH BOLD PRINTED CAPTION, "DAY BOOK."
SIZE: L 13-3/4" x W 8-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOK OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, COMPILED BY MAMIE CHAPPEL, EARLY RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA AND A GRADUATE OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1894. CLIPPINGS REFER TO THE ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND SENIOR CLASS PARTIES FOR 1893 AND 1894. THE ALBUM ALSO INCLUDES NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMPILER. SCRAPBOOK, NUMBERED "S-24," WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR R P OLSEN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
