Name/Title
Key holder of the Clinton family, c. 1950sEntry/Object ID
2024.38.2Description
Acc. No. 24.38.2
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda; Businesses of Alameda; Ethnic Groups
Date or Period: c. 1950s
Object: key holder
Description: Dark brown leather key holder, with two wings folding over, lined inside with red leather, and closing with a pushpin with red plastic outside. The verso is decorated with what appears to be a hand-incised letter ‘L’. There are three metal keys on five available hooks inside, with embossed the words ‘Corbin’, ‘Security’, and ‘American Motors (AM) Corp’. Sides are decoratively sewn together with a leather strip.
Size: (closed) L 3 1/2” x W 2”
History of Object: A leather key holder, belonging to a Clinton family member, of an African-American family that came to Alameda shortly after emancipation, and came to own homes and run a Drayage and Storage Business.
Donated by: Barrett Clinton; Donation Date: 4/21/2024
Catalog Date: 4/25/2024
