Name/Title
Scrapbook about the West End Improvement Association, 1903-1910Entry/Object ID
1997.454.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.454.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLUBS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1903 - 1910
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF KHAKI-COLORED BUCKRAM, AND HANDWRITTEN CAPTION, "SCRAP BOOK."
SIZE: L 14-3/4" X W 10-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK OF PAPER CLIPPINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS CONCERNING ACTIVITIES OF THE WEST END IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. THE CLUB WAS FORMED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WEST END. INCLUDED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE EARLY SCENES OF BAY STATION, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEMBERS, EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE, 1906, IN THE WEST END OF ALAMEDA. ALBUM, NUMBERED "S-81," WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND HERETOFORE NOT CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
