Name/Title
In Memoriam booklet of Dr. David Greenleaf Jr., with photo by Arnold, 1903Entry/Object ID
2003.5.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.5.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1903
OBJECT: MEMORIAL BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
HANDWRITTEN MEMORIAL BOOKLET, BOUND IN EMBOSSED BROWN COLORED LEATHER. COVER HAS AN EMBOSSED CAPTION, "IN MEMORIAM," IN SILVER LEAF. ON THE FRONT COVER IS PASTED A SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED, "ARNOLD, 1526 PARK ST, ALAMEDA, CAL."
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 7-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MEMORIAL BOOKLET BY THE ALAMEDA BOAT CLUB, OF WHICH DR DAVID GREENLEAF, JR, HAD BEEN A MEMBER PRIOR TO HIS DEATH FROM A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON APRIL 9, 1903. A RESOLUTION CONCERNING HIS DEMISE WAS PASSED AT A BOAT CLUB MEETING ON APRIL 14, 1903. DR. GREENLEAF HAD RESIDED AT 1724 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA (PRESENT SITE OF ALAMEDA GIRLS, INC.). HE WAS BORN IN GALESBURG, ILLINOIS ON NOVEMBER 9, 1875. DR GREEN LEAF HAD BEEN A. CHAMPION OARSMAN.
NOTE: THIS OBJECT, NUMBERED 461, WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1954 AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL THIS DATE IN 2003.
DONOR: DAVID G MARTIN
CATALOGED: JANUARY 11, 2003
