Name/Title
Print-out of calling cards with photos of P. Bacher, 1905Entry/Object ID
2005.53.4Description
Acc. No. 05.53.4
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1905
Object: print-out of business card
Description:
Computer print-out on letter sized paper of scanned images of thee calling cards or business cards, each featuring an image, presumably a photo, of the same bearded man, but holding different instruments. The cards state: P. Bacher, Musician, Teacher of Violin, Cornet, Mandolin and Guitar; Studio, 1921 Park Street, Alameda. Underneath is typed: Alameda, Ca., December, 1905.
Size: L 11” x W 8 1/2”
History of Object: print out of scanned calling cards of Peter Bacher from December 1905, likely holding a cornet, mandolin, and guitar. Mr. Bacher was a renowned musician in his native Denmark, and moved to Alameda in the early 1900s, where he and his family lived at a house where they planted date trees which grew to impressive size, at 1921 Park Street, long since demolished.
Donor:
Herdis McFarland
Cataloged: August 20, 2005