Name/Title
Wilson School Microscope, 1892Entry/Object ID
1981.158.1Description
Acc. No. 81.158.1 A & B
Subject Category: Schools (Wilson)
Date or period: 1892
Object: Microscope and Case
Description:
Microscope (A) is brass gold-plated on a tripod. On one leg of the tripod is engraved "Wilson School Alameda, California Mrs. Cyrus Wilson, March, 1892". Manufactured by: Bausch & Lomb, Optical Co. Last patented October 13, 1885. Storage cabinet (B) has a hinged door. Top left side has a drawer. Three tiers of perforated wood for holding different sizes lenses. The case is constructed of maple, and has an iron carrying grip, and the case can be locked.
Size: 14" high.
History of Object: It was presented to the Wilson School by Mrs. Cyrus Wilson in March, 1892. She was the wife of Mr. Wilson. The school was named in his honor. In 1911 it was renamed Lincoln School.
Acquired from: Dr. Marvin C. Hockabout
Date: October, 1959Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: Current label (square brackets added to identify other items):
OBJECTS FROM EARLY SCHOOLS
OF ALAMEDA
(Reading from left to right.)
+ Microscope set presented in
1892 to the Wilson School
(now Lincoln Middle School).
[+ Piston engine model made by
Alameda High School students,
classes of 1923 and 1924.
+ Recess bells used at Mastick
School
+ Chemistry lab scale, Alameda
High School]