Name/Title
'Common Sea Shells of California' by Josiah Keep, 1881Entry/Object ID
1988.8.1Description
Acc. No. 88.8.1
Subject Category: Authors, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1881
Object: Book, reference
Description:
Hardcover book with printed title "Common Sea Shells of California," & illustrated with a drawing of "The Golden Gate." Printed by Upton Brothers, 605 Sacramento Street, S.F., 1881.
Size: L-6 x W-4 1/4 inches.
History of Object: Book entitled Common Sea Shells of California, written by Josiah Keep, teacher of Natural Sciences, Alameda High School, & Curator of Conchology, California Academy of Sciences. The author was also a resident of the city, building a house at 1339 Broadway (erected 1880 & still standing).
Acquired from:
Lois Hanna (Friends of the Alameda Library)
Alameda Free Library
Date: 5-13-1988
