Name/Title
Autograph album of Alice attending Encinal School, 1899-1901Entry/Object ID
1996.80.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.80.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; ENCINAL
DATE OR PERIOD: 1899-1900-1901
OBJECT: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, WITH DARK GREEN-COLORED, IMITATION LEATHER COVER, WITH INCISED SCRIPT LETTERING IN GOLD: "AUTOGRAPHS," SURROUNDED BY PURPLE PANSIES. INTERIOR ALBUM INCLUDES HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPHS AND, IN SOME INSTANCES, PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIGNERS. THE AUTOGRAPH ALBUM IS OF GERMAN MANUFACTURE.
SIZE: L 4-1/4" X W 6-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF AN ALICE (LAST NAME UNKNOWN), INSCRIBED BY HER STUDENT FRIENDS @ ENCINAL SCHOOL. (SCHOOL NAME WAS CHANGED TO "MASTICK" IN 1901.)
ACQUIRED FROM:
MS SHERI MCCARTHY *
c/o ALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
CITY OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA
DATE: MARCH 02, 1996
* FOUND IN ATTIC OF 1522 PARK ST. BY DONOR
