Name/Title
Alameda High School 'Acorn' Yearbook, 1931, of Bruce PostelEntry/Object ID
1997.550.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.550.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: 1931
OBJECT: YEARBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND YEARBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN OF GOLD-COLORED IMITATION LEATHER, WITH INCISED DESIGN DEPICTING AN ACORN, BANNER, AND 1931.
SIZE: L 11" x W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
1931 EDITION OF THE ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, "THE ACORN." YEARBOOK ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO BRUCE POSTEL. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTED COLLECTION WERE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF FLORENCE P POSTEL. SHE AND HER BROTHER, BRUCE, WERE CHILDREN OF GEORGE POSTEL, SALESMAN FOR E C MILLS, SAN FRANCISCO. THE POSTEL FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE EARLY 1900's. GEORGE POSTEL HAD A HOUSE BUILT AT 1101 PARK STREET (CORNER OF CLINTON AVENUE), WHERE HIS DAUGHTER, FLORENCE, WAS BORN. HE WAS ALSO COMMODORE OF THE AEOLIAN YACHT CLUB. MS POSTEL PRESENTLY RESIDES IN A CONVALESCENT HOME. SHE GAVE OBJECTS TO THE DONOR WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED THEM TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM. THE FAMILY WAS RELATED TO CHRISTIAN D POSTEL OF 1206 BROADWAY, ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
KATHLEEN A BRANSON
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 4, 1997
