Name/Title
Poem 'In Flanders Field' presented by Class of 1932 to Caroline PotterEntry/Object ID
2001.11.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.11.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD WAR I
DATE OR PERIOD: 1932
OBJECT: POEM, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHIC POEM, UNDER GLASS, IN ANTIQUE GOLD-COLORED FRAME. POEM HAS BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "IN FLANDERS FIELD."
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
THE NOTABLE POEM, "IN FLANDERS FIELD," COMMEMORATING THE DEAD OF WW-I. IT WAS PRESENTED BY THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 TO CAROLINE B POTTER, LONG-TIME TEACHER @ WASHINGTON SCHOOL IN ALAMEDA. THE POEM WAS DISPLAYED IN THE MUSEUM ROOM THAT MS POTTER ORIGINATED. FRAMED POEM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: CAROLINE B POTTER
CATALOGED: JANUARY 20, 2001Interpretative Labels
Label
10/16/2020 MvL: old typed label on the back reads:
This picture was given
to this classroom and dedicated to the H82 graduating class of Dec. 16, 1952
C.B.Potter
