Name/Title
Fifty years of Masonry in California, by Sherman, Vol 1 & 2, 1898Entry/Object ID
1981.281.1Description
Acc. No.81.281.1 a & b
Subject Category: Fraternal, Masonic
Date or period: 1898
Object: Books, History
Description:
Two volumes, black buckram covers with incised printing in gold leaf "Fifty years of Masonry in California", and same title repeated on spine, plus masonic emblem, author’s name "Sherman" and volume number.
Size: 133/4 x 11 inches 24 inches thick.
History of Object: Volume 1 & 2, "Fifty Years of Masonry in California, compiled and edited by Edwin A. Sherman, George Spaulding & Co., publishers, S. F., Calif., 1898. Page 591 & 601, volume 2, mentions the Alameda lodge and page 580, volume 2, contains an interior view, Masonic Hall, Alameda, erected 1890
Acquired from: Chester Ensign
Date: November 7, 1981