Name/Title
Photo postcard Reception and Card Room, Elks Club, c. 1912Entry/Object ID
2021.19.1Description
Acc. No. 21.19.1
Subject Category: Fraternities & Clubs; Elks' Lodge
Date or Period: c. 1912
Object: Postcard
Description:
Sepia-tinted photo postcard of an interior with a taxidermy mount of an elk in a corner, chairs, a Doric pillar, and through a rectangular curtained archway into a second room with fireplace and antlers mounted above the mantel.
Size: L 3-1/2" X W-5 1/2"
History of Object:
Postcard depicting a corner of the Reception Room of the Elks Club, 2255 Santa Clara, Alameda, California, with the card room beyond. Published by Cardinell-Vincent Co., San-Francisco.
This card was among cataloged cards, but had no number, nor was there any card description that matched it. At some point after having received a Historical Society label, it had been mounted, thus obliterating the label; after scraping off most of the cardboard, the remnants of the label showed the donor, address, and donation date.
Acquired From: Mrs. H. M. Jackson,
Donated: July 1952
Cataloged: 2/18/2021
