Framed Alameda High School Diploma of Ida Clinton, 1911

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Framed Alameda High School Diploma of Ida Clinton, 1911

Entry/Object ID

1994.42.27

Scope and Content

Acc. No. 94.42.27 Subject Category: Schools, Alameda High Date or Period: 1911 Object: Diploma, framed Description: Printed diploma on imitation parchment paper in bold printing with black and red type stating, "Alameda High", with kid-leather coverlet, Diploma centered in the middle of the frame is surrounded by a mult-colored embroidered remnant of a dress worn by Ida Clinton. Modern wooden frame stained dark walnut. Size: L-20" x W-16 1/2" History of Object: Framed high school diploma dated December 20, 1911, belonging to Ida Clinton, early African-American resident of Alameda. Acquired from: Albert Stefani, Date: 11-19-1994

Interpretative Labels

Label

7/12/2020 MvL: current label in display cabinet: EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA Photographs and other objects from the Clinton family that settled here in 1889. In 1912 they purchased their own residence on Morton St.