Name/Title
Scrapbook with photos of views of events and scenes, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1997.408.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.408.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF, HARD-BOUND ALBUM, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED CARDBOARD. CAPTION, "SCRAPBOOK," APPEARS IN INCISED GOLD LETTERING.
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF VIEWS AND EVENTS, CITY OF ALAMEDA, DURING THE 1920's. PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDED THE HEALTH CENTER BUILDING ON SANTA CLARA AVENUE, GARBAGE COLLECTION, WEBSTER STREET BRIDGE, SAINT BARNABAS CATHOLIC CHURCH --- SHORTLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE UNDEVELOPED FERNSIDE AND SUBMERSION OF SECTIONS OF THE POSEY TUBE, DATED 1926. ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY NUMBERED "9," AND GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
