Name/Title
'Alameda, California's Island Home City' booklet, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1998.332.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.332.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-COVER BOOKLET, WITH COVER DESIGN IN THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE, FEATURING A CAPTION, "ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA'S ISLAND HOME CITY," IN GREEN- AND BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON OFF-WHITE COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 5-3/4" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOKLET ISSUED BY THE ALAMEDA 50,000 CLUB, PRINTED BY THE "ALAMEDA DAILY ARGUS." BOOKLET CONTAINS A NARRATIVE CONCERNING ALAMEDA, AND IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING HOMES, BUSINESSES, ENCINAL YACHT CLUB, ESTUARY SCENES, ETC. ITEM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR:
MRS RUTH MAGILL
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 17, 1998
