Name/Title
'Views of My Home and Garden [...]', Walter Siegfried, 1936Entry/Object ID
2016.58.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.58.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1936
OBJECT: BOOK, ILLUSTRATED
DESCRIPTION:
AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK, HARD COVER, ALBUM-TYPE PUBLICATION. CONTENTS INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HAVE THE APPEARANCES OF BEING HAND-COLORED. WINE-COLORED FABRIC TITLE PAGE HAS A SALUTATION IN GOLD-AND-GREEN-AND-RED-COLORED TYPE ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND STATING, "VIEWS OF MY HOME AND GARDEN - WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR. WALTER SIEGFRIED, SHIDZUO KA, JAPAN, 1936."
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 15"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
AN ALBUM OF PHOTOS TAKEN BY WALTER H SIEGFRIED, RESIDENT OF JAPAN FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. HE WAS BROTHER OF EDWIN SIEGFRIED, NOTED ALAMEDA ARTIST. THEY WERE RAISED IN THE FAMILY HOME AT 2044 ALAMEDA AVENUE.
DONOR: CAROL SEAGREN (RELATIVE)
CATALOGED: AUGUST 27, 2016
