Baby Book of Edward William Fowler, 1920

Name/Title

Baby Book of Edward William Fowler, 1920

Entry/Object ID

1989.47.1

Description

Acc. No. 89.47.1 Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda Date or Period: 1920 Object: Book, baby Description: Hard bound book with blue colored buckram cover with incised gold lettering stating "Baby's Journal." Printed by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Size: L-83 x W-83 inches. History of Object: Baby book of Edward William Fowler (1920 to 1987). The following collection of items are from the estate of the late Edward W. Fowler, son of Edward W. & Marie Fowler, born August 11, 1920. He attended Lincoln Elementary School and graduated from Alameda High in 1938. Joining the U.S. Navy in 1940, he was at Pearl Harbor in 1941 during the bombing. The Fowler family occupied 1210 Pearl Street (a California style bungalow), erected in 1917 by Geo. Noble, from approximately 1920 to 1987. Acquired from: Estate of the late Edward W. Fowler Date: 10-9-1989