Name/Title
Notebook used as daybook of S. M. Lamborn, 1912Entry/Object ID
1995.169.9Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.9
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: DIARY
DESCRIPTION:
NOTEBOOK, WITH LINED PAPER, COVERED WITH GRAY BUCKRAM. ON COVER STAMPED IN BLUE: "BLUE BOND/GOOD FOR THE EYES," WITH A LARGE OPEN EYE. BELOW APPEAR 5c AND THE NUMBER 352. HANDWRITTEN ON INSIDE OF COVERS, FRONT AND BACK, IN BLACK INK: "S M LAMBORN, 1428 MORTON ST, ALAMEDA."
SIZE: 4" X 6-3/4" X 1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NOTEBOOK USED AS A DAY BOOK BY S M LAMBORN, FATHER OF BENJAMIN F LAMBORN, LONGTIME ALAMEDA CITY CLERK.
FIRST ENTRY DATED APRIL 25, 1912. ENTRIES RECORD WEATHER AND DAILY ACTIVITIES. WRITER SUFFERED TWO NASTY FALLS IN JULY OF 1912 AND SPENT ALMOST TWO MONTHS RECUPERATING AT HOME OF SON, HARVEY.
WRITER CELEBRATED HIS 89th BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 22, 1912.
ON DECEMBER 21, 1912, WRITER VIEWED THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW POST OFFICE ON PARK STREET.
LAST ENTRY OF DAY BOOK DATED DECEMBER 31, 1912, AND IS FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER OF BLANK PAGES.
SEVERAL PAGES IN BACK OF NOTEBOOK USED TO RECORD DAILY EXPENDITURES.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
