Name/Title
Mountain View Cemetery Books, 2007, 2015Entry/Object ID
2021.119.2Description
Acc. No. 21.119.2 A, B
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 2007, 2015
Object: books
Description: softbound books with glossy card stock paper cover, both with a printed circular seal stating 'Mountain View Cemetery'. A: Number 2, 2007, title 'Mountain View Cemetery, author Dennis Evanosky. B: Number 4, 2015, title 'Lives of The Dead at Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery', by Micahel Colbruno & Dennis Evanosky. Published by Stellar Media Group, Inc., 3215 Encinal Ave, Alameda.
Size (each): L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches.
History of Object: two books from a series about historical figures who have a monument at the Mountain View Cemetery. Each has photos and a history. Several late Alameda residents are featured: in A: p 19: Francis "Borax" Smith; and the GAR plot (p 81); in B: p 36, the Haight family; p 50, Edgar Cohen; p 64, Albert and Emma Cohen; p 68: Henry and Bertha Meyers; also describes a plaque commemorating Aughingbaugh, co-founder of Alameda.
Acquired from: Alameda Museum
Catalog Date: 10/21/2021
