Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by Louise Clark, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2003.65.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.65.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: COMPOSERS; CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND LOOSE-LEAF SCRAPBOOK. COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM HAS A TRIM OF IMITATION BROWN-COLORED LEATHER. CONTENTS CONTAIN ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.
SIZE: L 10-3/4" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY MISS LOUISE CLARK OF 1918 CHESTNUT STREET, ALAMEDA. MS CLARK HAD A PROMINENT ROLE OF DANCER IN A CHILDREN'S OPERETTA ENTITLED, "MARSH KING," WRITTEN BY THE COMPOSER, DH McCURRIE, WHO WAS ALSO AN ALAMEDA RESIDENT. THE SCRAP BOOK CONTAINS CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THE OPERETTA WHICH WAS PERFORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ADELPHIAN CLUB AS A CHARITY BENEFIT. THE SCRAP BOOK ALSO CONTAINS A PROGRAM FOR THE PRODUCTION HELD AT THE MacDONOUGH THEATRE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ON MAY 3, 1901.
DONOR: JIM, CHRIS, BOYS RILEY
CATALOGED: JUNE 7, 2003
