Name/Title
'A Home in Alameda', produced by Joseph A. Leaonard, 1890Entry/Object ID
1997.312.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.312.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1890
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND BOOK LET, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING VICTORIAN-STYLE HOUSE. BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "A HOME IN ALAMEDA," IN GOLD-COLORED TYPE. BOOKLET CONTAINS LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES ACCOMPANIED BY NARRATIVES.
SIZE: L 4-1/4" X W 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ADVERTISING BOOKLET ENTITLED, "A HOME IN ALAMEDA," PRODUCED BY JOSEPH A LEONARD, REAL ESTATE AGENT, ARCHITECT, AND BUILDER. LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES DEPICT HOUSES WHICH MR LEONARD WOULD CONSTRUCT; INDIVIDUAL PRICES ARE NOTED. BACK COVER REVEALS A PORTRAIT OF MR LEONARD. BOOKLET WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, BY HERBERT D CLARK, INSURANCE AGENT IN ALAMEDA FOR MANY YEARS. BOOKLET, ORIGINALLY NUMBERED "57," WAS NOT CATALOGED UPON RECEIPT BY THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
ACQUIRED FROM:
HERBERT D CLARK
CATALOGED: JUNE 28, 1997
