Name/Title
Cross from lumber from first Bay Farm Island Bridge, 19th centuryEntry/Object ID
1982.55.30Description
Acc. No. 82.55.30
Subject Category: Bridges, Bay Farm Island
Date or period: 19th century,
Object: Cross, wooden
Description: Wooden cross made of light colored wood with an inlay of a darker contrasting colored wood. The top part of the cross is pierced with string string with 7 blue beads separated by imitation pearls, amounting to 7-sections, in a rosary bead effect.
Size: cross-2¼x1 inches.
History of Object:
Cross given to Fred McDonell, from Meda Mecartney, made from the lumber from the first Bay Farm Island Bridge, Alameda. Both parties were pioneers of Bay Farm Island.
Acquired from: Ms. Roberta McDonell
Date: Sept 25, 1982
