Name/Title
Oakland-Alameda-Berkeley Blue Book directory by Husted, 1902-1903Entry/Object ID
2000.275.1Description
ACC. NO. 00.275.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1902-03
OBJECT: DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION: SOFT-BOUND DIRECTORY WITH COVER OF BLUE-COLORED KID. COVER HAS INCISED CAPTION, "BLUE BOOK, OAKLAND-ALAMEDA-BERKELEY," IN GOLD-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 9" X W 7-1/2" INCHES
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE BLUE BOOK FOR 1902-02, PRINTED BY FREDERICK M HUSTED FOR OAKLAND-ALAMEDA-BERKELEY. THE DIRECTORY'S FOCUS IS SOCIETY WOMEN OF THREE COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO LISTS SOCIAL CLUBS (INCLUDING ADELPHIAN AND TEA CLUBS). DIRECTORY ALSO CONTAINS NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF BOTH ADELPHIAN AND TEA CLUBS. DIRECTORY WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1953 BY THE LATE DONOR, WHO WAS MOTHER OF THE LATE MAYOR FRANZ COLLISCHON.
DIRECTORY WAS NUMBERED "722" AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL TODAY.
DONOR: MRS LULU COLLISCHON,
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 07, 2000.
