Name/Title
Illustration of main facade Porter School, c. early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2011.75.2Description
ACC. NO. 11.75.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, PORTER
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: PHOTOLITHOGRAPH IMAGE
DESCRIPTION: AN IMAGE REMOVED FROM A BOOKLET. IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION FEATURING A CAPTION, "ONE OF THE SCHOOLS OF WHICH ALAMEDA IS PROUD."
SIZE: L 8" X W 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE MAIN FACADE OF THE ORIGINAL PORTER SCHOOL, BUİLT IN 1878 AND REMODELED AND ADDED TO IN 1895. THE IMAGE ALSO INCLUDES A STUDENT BODY ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. THIS BUILDING WAS EVENTUALLY DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW PORTER SCHOOL IN 1911 AND SUBSEQUENTLY BURNED; IT HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED.
DONOR: CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: DECEMBER 17, 2011
