Name/Title
A Home in Alameda, by Woodruff Minor, 2009Entry/Object ID
2024.57.9Description
Acc. No. 24.57.9 A, B
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda
Date or Period: 2009-2013, 2017
Object: book
Description: 2 editions of a paperback book, 115 pages, with cover featuring a reprint of a dotted image with a Victorian era home and a man riding a horse and a horse-drawn cart. Title, 'A Home in Alameda'. By Woodruff Minor. Design Valerie Turpen, Photography Richard Knight. Copyright 2009 Alameda Museum.
A, 4th printing June 2013, B, fifth printing April 2017. A is signed by Woody Minorvand Valerie Turpen on the dedication page.
The title page in A is of ivory colored paper, in B this oage is plain white.
Size: L 11 by W 8 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Book published by the museum during tenure of G. Gunn as curator. The book uses an image and title of a booklet published by builder Joseph A. Leonard. It has chapters on Leonard, builders Marcuse and Remmel, the Bay Station area, and the Leonardville area, and has many images from the museum.
The books were (unsigned) part of George Gunn’s reference library at the museum, A. was signed just before adding to the collection.
Acquired from:
Estate George Gunn
Donation Date: 9/1/2024
Catalog Date: 9/26/2024
