Name/Title
NSGW Calling card for H.C. Kohlmoos, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
2011.30.1Description
ACC. NO. 11.30.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESS; CITY OF ALAMEDA; FRATERNAL
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1880
OBJECT: CARD, CALLING
DESCRIPTION:
CALLING CARD, PRINTED ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER. CARD IS ILLUSTRATED WITH A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT DEPICTING A CALIFORNIA BEAR AND GOLD MINER, WITH THE INITIALS, "N S G W". IN ELABORATE CURSIVE WRITING IN SEPIA TINTED INK IS THE NAME, "H.C KOHLMOOS.".
SIZE: L 2-1/2" X W 4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CALLING CARD FOR A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, ALAMEDA PARLOR #47, FOR H C KOHLMOOS. MR KOHLMOOS AND HIS BROTHER WERE OWNERS AND PROPRIETORS OF THE KOHLMOOS HOTEL, WEST END OF ALAMEDA, WHICH IS THE PRESENT SITE OF LONGFELLOW PARK. DURING THE HISTORY OF THE HOTEL, IT BECAME A JUNIOR COLLEGE ATTENDED BY THE WRITER, THE LATE JACK LONDON. AT THE END OF ITS EXISTENCE, IT WAS KNOWN AS THE CALIFORNIA TRAINING HOME FOR GIRLS.
DONOR: MR CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: JUNE 18, 2011