Name/Title
Scrapbook concerning the South Pacific Coast Railroad, 1877-1886Entry/Object ID
1997.418.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.418.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION, STEAM TRAINS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1877 - 1886
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN OF MULTI-COLORED PATTERN. COVER HAS ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "NEWARK, 1878."
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK CONTAINING NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THE SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. MANY OF THE ARTICLES CONCERN THE CITY OF NEWARK; HOWEVER, INFORMATION RE ALAMEDA IS ALSO INCLUDED. THE ROUTE RAN THROUGH A LAMEDA AND THE TERMINUS WAS LOCATED IN SANTA CRUZ. IT WAS A NARROW-GAGE RAILROAD, EVENTUALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
ALBUM WAS GIVEN IN 1956 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "34," BUT NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME. THE DONOR WAS A MEMBER OF A PROMINENT ALAMEDA FAMILY, WHICH HAD A HOME BUILT AT 723 PARU STREET, IN 1893.
ACQUIRED FROM:
HAROLD C WARD
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
