Name/Title
Bishop's Oakland Directory for 1880-1881Entry/Object ID
1997.350.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.350.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1880-81
OBJECT: DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER IN DARK BROWN, FEATURING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. COVER HAS A TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL.
SIZE: L 8-3/4" X W 6".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BISHOP'S OAKLAND DIRECTORY FOR 1880-1881, CONTAINING A BUSINESS DIRECTORY, STREET GUIDE, ETC. ALSO INCLUDES DIRECTORIES OF BERKELEY AND OAKLAND. VOLUME ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO MRS PATRICK BRITT, PIONEER RESIDENT OF THE WEST END OF ALAMEDA. PAGE 559 CONTAINS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ALAMEDA AND A LIST OF LOCAL RESIDENTS (COMPILED ALPHABETICALLY). THE VOLUME WAS GIVEN IN 1955, NUMBERED "735," AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS CAMILLE PURSER
DONATED IN 1955
CATALOGED: JULY 19, 1997
