Name/Title
Alameda Golf Club Honorary Life Members plaque, 1950sEntry/Object ID
2024.11.1Description
Acc. No. 24.11.1
Subject Category: Sports, Golf; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1970
Object: plaque with names
Description: a particle-board plaque with mahogany veneer and metal plate at top stating: ‘Alameda Golf Club Honorary Life Members’, and 18 individual name plates each screwed onto the board with 2 screws, with gold engraved lettering. Some have been manually traced with a gold pen.
Size: L 15” x W 12”
History of Object: plaque from the restaurant at the Alameda Golf course, where this was in a display case for many years, until new owners needed to modernize the space. Names on the plaque reflect men who were given Honorary Membership status to the Golf Course, such as former mayor Chuck Corica, Ron Ratto, Jerry Lanzit. Donor rescued the plaques from being thrown into the trash.
Acquired from: Robert Blanchard
Donation Date: 1/2/2024; Catalog Date: 2/9/2024