Name/Title
Monogrammed Wallet of Bobby Lee Clinton, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
2024.38.1Description
Acc. No. 24.38.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda; Businesses of Alameda; Ethnic Groups
Date or Period: c. 1940s
Object: wallet
Description: Brown leather wallet, with four inside compartments, and incised on one side, monogram ‘BLC’ in art-deco design, and on the other side, masonic symbols. Sides are decoratively sewn together with a leather strip.
Size: L 4 1/2” x W 3 1/2”
History of Object: A leather wallet which belonged to Robert (Bobby) Lee Clinton, member of an African-American family who settled in 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
