Name/Title
Childhood Scrapbook compiled by Ford E. Samuel, 1897-1904Entry/Object ID
1997.449.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.449.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1897 - 1904
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
VICTORIAN-STYLE SCRAPBOOK, WITH DECORATIVE COVER FEATURING LITHOGRAPHS OF LITTLE GIRL AND SINGLE ROSE ON AN EMBOSSED BACKGROUND IN GILT AND BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON A RUST-COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 16" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CHILDHOOD SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE FORD E SAMUEL, WHO WAS POSTMASTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. THE SCRAP BOOK WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1897. SOME OF THE CLIPPINGS REFER TO ACTIVITIES OF THE ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. THERE IS ALSO AN AD FOR A PRODUCTION ENTITLED, "A RUSSIAN HONEYMOON," PRESENTED BY THE CLASS OF DECEMBER 1904, ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. ALBUM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "56," AND HERETOFORE NOT OF - FICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
FORD E SAMUEL
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
