Name/Title
'Alaska Commercial Co.' of Joseph Durein, 1940Entry/Object ID
2003.90.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.90.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1940
OBJECT: BOOK AND JACKET
DESCRIPTION: A HARD-BOUND BOOK WITH COVER OF TAN-COLORED BURLAP AND ATTACHED CAPTION, "ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.," IN BLACK- AND-GOLD COLORED TYPE. BOOK HAS THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD JACKET WITH SPINE STATING, "ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO."
SIZE: L 10-3/4" X W 7-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOK PRESENTED TO MR. JOSEPH DUREIN, COPY #87, CONCERNING THE ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY, 1868-1940. THE BOOK WAS BOUND AND COVERED BY A COMPANY OWNED BY THE LATE JOSEPH DUREIN. MR. DUREIN WAS A NATIVE AND A MEMBER OF A PIONEER ALAMEDA FAMILY AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
DONOR: DOUGLAS DUREIN
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 18, 2003
