Name/Title
Notebook used as daybook by S. M. Lamborn, 1907-1908Entry/Object ID
1995.169.7Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.7
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION:
NOTEBOOK, WITH LINED PAPER, GRAY BUCKRAM COVERS. TITLE "MEMORANDUM" AND BORDER ALONG EDGE STAMPED ON COVER IN BLACK.
SIZE: 3-3/4" X 6-1/4" X 3/8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NOTEBOOK USED AS A DAY BOOK BY S M LAMBORN (HIS NAME DOES NOT APPEAR, BUT ENTRY DATED OCTOBER 22, 1908, NOTED HIS 85th BIRTHDAY).
FIRST ENTRY DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1907.
ENTRY DATED MARCH 17, 1908 STATED THAT "56 YEARS AGO THE FAMILY LEFT HAMERTON (NO STATE INDICATED). FOR CALIFORNIA."
ON MAY 6, 1908, WRITER VIEWED THE GREAT ATLANTIC FLEET ENTERING THE BAY FROM VANTAGE POINT ON GOAT ISLAND, ALONG WITH A CROWD OF 40,000.
LAST ENTRY DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1908.
LAST ONE-FOURTH OF BOOK USED AS A RECORD OF PERSONAL EXPENDITURES.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
