Name/Title
Scrapbook concerning the Alameda Advancement Association, 1904-1905Entry/Object ID
1997.512.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.512.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLUBS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1904-1905
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED LEATHER ACCENTUATED IN GOLD. CONTENTS ARE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. IN MOST INSTANCES, THE CLIPPINGS ARE IDENTIFIED AS TO SOURCES AND DATES.
SIZE: L 10" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK OF PAPER CLIPPINGS CONCERNING ACTIVITIES OF THE ALAMEDA ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, FROM JUNE 7, 1904 THRU MAY 28, 1905. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE CITY, SUCH AS STREET LIGHTING, GARBAGE PICKUPS, ETC. SCRAP BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "177-X," BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED. SCRAP BOOK WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO 1971.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
