Name/Title
Booklet 'Six Collegiate Decades' including print of photo stolen from museum, 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.74.1Description
ACC. NO. 04.74.1 A, B
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1929
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
A SOFT-BOUND BOOKLET, WITH ILLUSTRATED COVER AND BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "SIX COLLEGIATE DECADES," PUBLISHED BY THE SECURITY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES, CA., IN 1929.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A BOOKLET WHICH CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS ON PAGES 8 AND 9 RELATIVE TO ALAMEDA. PAGE 8 DISPLAYS A FORMAL PHOTO OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF 1873, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MAYOR FRANK OTIS WAS A MEMBER OF THAT CLASS. AT ONE TIME THE ORIGINAL OF THE PHOTO WAS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM (WHEN IT WAS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY) AND STOLEN! PAGE NINE DISPLAYS A FORMAL PORTRAIT OF HENRY H HAIGHT, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR AND ALAMEDA RESIDENT.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: JULY 17, 2004
