Name/Title
Portfolio 'Twelve New Gibson Girls Heretofore unpublished', c. 1909Entry/Object ID
2004.22.1Description
ACC. NO. 04.22.1.
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: ART
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1909
OBJECT: PORTFOLIO OF PRINTS.
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND PORTFOLIO, WITH COVER OF RED-COLORED PAPER TRIMMED IN BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM. COVER HAS AN ATTACHED PAPER LABEL, "TWELVE NEW GIBSON GIRLS HERETOFORE UNPUBLISHED.".
SIZE: L 17" X W 11-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PORTFOLIO CONTAINING GIBSON GIRL PRINTS - FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF CHARLES DANA GIBSON. THE PORTFOLIO BELONGED TO THE LATE MRS ALVA GUNZBURGER, WHO WAS THE STEPMOTHER OF FRANCES GUNZBURGER. FRANCES SERVED AS SECRETARY TO PAST MAYORS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. MRS GUNZBURGER HAD FORMERLY BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EISFELDT FAMILY WHO CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE EARLY 1890'S AND LIVED AT 1722 BUENA VISTA AVENUE. THIS BOOK AND THE FOLLOWING COLLECTION WERE GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1955 AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL THIS DATE.
DONOR: ALVA GUNZBURGER
CATALOGED: MARCH 6, 2004
