Name/Title
Reading guide for typist invented by Victor A. Strom, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2015.79.4Description
ACC. NO. 15.79.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD:
OBJECT: PART; METAL
DESCRIPTION: A HORIZONTAL METAL PART OF UNKNOWN USE. THE CENTRAL SECTION INCLUDES A REVOLVING SLIDE. THE METAL PARTS HAVE JAPANNED FINISHES.
SIZE: L 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A METAL PART FROM AN UNKNOWN MACHINE, ETC., WITH A CAPTION APPLIED TO THE METAL STATING, "PAT. APPLIED FOR AND S. GROOTING GUILD, V. A. STROM, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA." IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE OBJECT WAS MANUFACTURED BY STROM WHOM IS LISTED IN THE 1912 CITY DIRECTORY AS VICTOR A. STROM, PRESIDENT, GLOBE DREDGING CO., RESIDENT OF 866 WALNUT STREET, ALAMEDA.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 1, 2015
