Name/Title
Ticket for lottery of a Jersey Cow, Bew Drug Company, 1898Entry/Object ID
1975.19.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.19.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1898
OBJECT: TICKET
DESCRIPTION: PINK COLOR, PRINTING ON ONE SIDE.
NUMBER IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, 846.
SIZE: 2½" x 2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE PRINTED INFORMATION ON THE TICKET STATES:
UNDER PARK HOTEL (CORNER ENCINAL AVENUE AND PARK STREET, NOW THE SITE OF THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT), THE BEW DRUG COMPANY. CUT RATE DRUGGISTS. EACH .10¢ PURCHASE ENTITLES YOU TO ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THE GIFT OF A FINE YOUNG JERSEY COW, FOUR YEARS OLD. VALUED AT $75.00. TO BE GIVEN AWAY MAY 15. 1898.
THE TICKET WAS FOUND BY BOB NELSON (A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA VICTORIAN PRESERVATION SOCIETY), UNDER THE BEDROOM CARPETING OF 1217 OAK STREET. AN ITALIANATE COTTAGE (VICTORIAN), CIRCA 1882-86. DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL.
ACQUIRED FROM: BOB NELSON
DATE: AUG 23, 1975