Name/Title
Historical Atlas of Alameda County, 1878Entry/Object ID
2024.20.1Description
Acc. No. 24.20.1
Subject Category:
Date or Period: 1878
Object: Book
Description: hardbound book with black buckram cover with green leather spine and corners, decorated with gold curlicues. Title on front impressed with gold type (all capital letters): New / Historical / Atlas / of / Alameda Co. / California / Illustrated / Thompson & West / 1878.
Inside cover has written in blue ink: ‘Doctor F.W. Vowinckel / 325 Pacific Avenue’, and an old Historical Society label with typed information of the donor.
On front, on bottom left a sticker (half coming off) with information about Alameda City-related pages: at top right: in gold or tan marker or ink, and in blue marker on a small sticker: 6.52X.
Size: 15 1/4” x 18”
History of Object: Atlas which belonged to Dr. Vowinckel, who lived by himself in a mansion on the West End, and left it to the donor. The estate became Woodstock Park.
Page 23: history of City of Alameda, Maps: West Alameda p. 56 & 57, East Alameda p. 60 & 61, Picture Alameda Residences p 71 & 154
Pre-1972 catalog number: 6.52X.
Acquired from: Helen F. Rice
Donation Date: 4/14/1954
Catalog Date: 3/7/2024
