Name/Title
Photocopy of Birth Record of James Harold Doolittle, 1980Entry/Object ID
1998.314.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.314.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: AVIATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1980
OBJECT: BIRTH RECORD
DESCRIPTION:
BIRTH RECORD (PHOTOCOPY) ON WHITE-COLORED PAPER OF A DOCUMENT, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE, "REPORT OF A BIRTH IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA."
SIZE: L 8 X W 6-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COPY OF THE BIRTH RECORD OF JAMES (JIMMY) HAROLD DOOLITTLE, THE FAMOUS WW-II AVIATOR. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 14, 1896 AT 2426 BUENA VISTA AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE DOCUMENT LISTS HIS FATHER, FRANK DOOLITTLE, AS HAVING THE OCCUPATION OF CARPENTER. MOTHER WAS ROSA SHEPHERD DOOLITTLE. BIRTH RECORD IS SIGNED BY DR BRONSON.
DONOR:
JOHN W BURKE
DATE: OCTOBER 3, 1998