Scrapbook compiled by Mrs. Velma Scott, 1949

Name/Title

Scrapbook compiled by Mrs. Velma Scott, 1949

Entry/Object ID

1997.414.1

Description

ACC. NO. 97.414.1 SUBJECT CATEGORY: CELEBRATIONS DATE OR PERIOD: 1949 OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK DESCRIPTION: LOOSE-LEAF SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF BROWN-COLORED PRESSBOARD. INTERIOR OF SCRAP BOOK CONTAINS MANILA-COLORED PAPERS, WITH NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. SIZE: L 14-3/4" X W 11-1/2" HISTORY OF OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY MRS VELMA SCOTT. BOOK CONTAINS CORRESPONDENCE, PARTICIPATING MEMBERS' WARDROBE, AND VARIOUS EVENTS, INCLUDING A SCRIPT FOR THE CITY OF ALAMEDA'S "GOLD RUSH CENTENNIAL, JUNE 5 THRU 12, 1949." ALSO INCLUDED ARE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THAT EVENT. SCRAP BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1954, NUMBERED "S-42," AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME. ACQUIRED FROM: MRS VELMA SCOTT CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997