Name/Title
Newspaper Clipping Re: Children's Play "The Rival Queens", San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 18, 1916Entry/Object ID
1973.10.1Description
ACC. NO. 73.10.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY:
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896
OBJECT: NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
DESCRIPTION: NEWSPAPER CLIPPING TAKEN FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, OCT 18, 1896, ILLUSTRATED.
SIZE: 7½" X 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: NEWSPAPER CLIPPING: SUBJECT, CHILDREN’S PLAY "THE RIVAL QUEENS", PERFORMED FOR THE AID OF THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF SAN FRANCISCO BY THE CHILDREN OF ALAMEDA.
THE MUSIC WAS WRITTEN BY CHARLES H. McCURRIE, AN ALAMEDA RESIDENT.
ONE OF THE PERFORMERS WAS MRS. MARION HOVEY JOHNSON, (DONOR OF THE CLIPPING). SHE AND HER BROTHER (WALTER), AND OTHER ALAMEDA CHILDREN APPEARED AS CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY. SHE LATER BECAME A CONCERT SINGER.
NOTE: AN OLD ADVERTISEMENT STATES: CHARLES H. McCURRIE, PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING. OFFICE, "GRAYS ART STORE" 2327 CENTRAL AVENUE. RESIDENCE, 2225 CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED:
MRS. MARION HOVEY JOHNSON
DATE: JUNE 2, 1973