Name/Title
Clipping about donation of a high-wheel bicycle to the Museum, c. 1950sEntry/Object ID
1998.153.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.153.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1950's
OBJECT: CLIPPING, NEWSPAPER
DESCRIPTION:
ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "HISTORICAL SOCIETY GETS OLD-TIME CYCLE."
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 6-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING CONCERNING THE DONATION OF AN "ORDINARY," OR HIGH-WHEEL BICYCLE, TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM, BY MRS JOHN S EDWARDS. THE BICYCLE ONCE BELONGED TO HER LATE FATHER, OLIVER C HASLETT, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA CYCLING CLUB. THE CLIPPING HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE BICYCLE BEING HELD BY EVERETT E FARWELL, PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IN THE FORMER MUSEUM QUARTERS WHICH WERE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS JOHN S EDWARDS
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 21, 1998