Name/Title
Army Exercise book of Otto Rittler, 1914Entry/Object ID
1996.73.1Description
Acc. No. 96.73.1
Subject Category: Reference
Date or Period: 1914
Object: Book
Description: Book with title stamped in gold on front of deep tan-colored imitation leather cover: "Manual of Physical Training, United States Army, 1914." Inside of front cover is handwritten : Otto Rittler, Alameda High School, Alameda, Cal. and stamped Otto Rittler on second fly sheet. Title page states: War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff Manual of Physical Training for use in the United States Army, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1914. 335 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings.
Size: 4 1/2 inches by 5 7/8 inches by 3/4 inches.
History of Object: Exercise book used by Otto Rittler, head of physical education department department in Alameda schools.
Acquired From: From collection presented to Alameda Historical Museum to commemorate career and work of Otto Rittler by daughter Mrs. Bernice Rittler Lowell
Date: 3/1/96
