Name/Title
'The History of the State of California', by Professor J. M. Quinn, 1904Entry/Object ID
2003.29.4Description
ACC. NO. 03.29.4
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: HISTORY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1904
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION: HARD-BOUND BOOK WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED LEATHER. COVER HAS INCISED CAPTION, "HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY" IN GOLD-COLORED TYPE, BY PROFESSOR J. M. QUINN, CHAPMAN PUBLISHING CO., SAN FRANCISCO.
SIZE: L 11-3/4" x W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOK TITLED, "THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA," INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF COAST COUNTIES, CALIF. PAGE 1317 INCLUDES A BIOGRAPHY OF J. C. LINDERMAN, GRANDFATHER OF THE LATE MABEL KOLLMYER. MR. LINDERMAN WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ARTESIAN WATER CO., ALAMEDA, OWNED BY R. R. THOMPSON. MR LINDERMAN WAS OWNER OF PROPERTY IN THE EAST END AND ONCE HAD A SEPARATE HOUSE BUILT ON CENTRAL AVENUE AND EVERETT STREET, POSSIBLY DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1897. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES BIOGRAPHIES OF HENRY KOERBER, FREDERICK K. KRAUTH, ALSO EARLY ALAMEDA RESIDENTS. BOOK IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF PORTRAITS OF INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN THE BOOK.
DONOR: ESTATE OF MABEL KOLLMYER
CATALOGED: MARCH 1, 2003
