Name/Title
Flyer for Odd-Fellows' picnic at Fasskings' Gardens, 1874Entry/Object ID
2020.39.3Description
Acc. No. 20.39.3
Subject Category: Fraternities & Clubs; Beaches & Parks
Date: 1877
Object: Invitation / Ticket
Description:
Flyer on pale yellow paper, with elaborate decoration on corners, in modern metal (aluminum?) spring-held frame on sunflower yellow backing.
Caption: 'Odd Fellows' PICNIC'
Size: frame: L 15 1/8 X 8 1/8,
flyer: L 12 X W 5 1/2.
History: Program for the fifty-fifth anniversary picnic of the Odd Fellows' fraternity, at Fassking's Gardens, Alameda, April 25, 1874, to Commence at One o'clock.
Thirteen events with first and second prizes donated, J.F. Kennedy, President Committee of Arrangements.
Object was given to donor as a house-warming present from George Borikas, a longtime realtor in town, now deceased.
Donated by: Diane Daly-Smith
Donated: September 8, 2020
Cataloged: September 10, 2020
