Name/Title
Miniature directory of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, 1877Entry/Object ID
1997.185.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.185.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1877
OBJECT: DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION:
MINIATURE HARD-BOUND DIRECTORY, WITH COVER OF TAN-COLORED BUCKRAM, WITH INCISED LETTERING STATING, "DIRECTORY OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA, AND BERKELEY.".
SIE: L 2-3/4" X W 2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MINIATURE POCKET DIRECTORY OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA, AND BERKELEY BUSINESSES, PUBLISHED BY BYNON AND SHERMAN, PUBLISHERS, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FOR 1877. ON PAGE 126 IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ALAMEDA. THE BUSINESSES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, WITH BOTH ALAMEDA AND OAKLAND MIXED TOGETHER. THE DIRECTORY WAS ORIGINALLY DONATED BY ALEC LOW TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN JUNE OF 1953, BUT WAS NEVER CATALOGED UNTIL MAY 3, 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ALEC LOWE
ORIGINAL MUSEUM COLLECTION
DATE: JUNE 1953
