Name/Title
Mastick School Bell, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1981.93.1Description
Acc. No. 81.93.1
Subject Category: School, Mastick
Date or period: Circa 1900
Object: School bell
Description: Brass bell with ebonized handle, clacker of cast iron.
Size-10 inches high and base of bell, 6 inches.
History of Object: This bell came from the old Mastick School. It was used by Miss. Gertrude Treanor about 1900. She was appointed principal of Mastick school June 2, 1911 and served as such until her resignation, April 1, 1937. Miss. Louise Floyd used the bell from October 19, 1909, until she resigned June 30, 1946. It was then turned over to Miss. Edith Floyd, sister of Miss. Louise Floyd.
Acquired from:
Miss. Edith Floyd 1615 Mintum St., Alameda
Date; Sept 16, 1959Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: current label (square brackets added to indicate other items]
OBJECTS FROM EARLY SCHOOLS
OF ALAMEDA
(Reading from left to right.)
[+ Microscope set presented in
1892 to the Wilson School
(now Lincoln Middle School).
+ Piston engine model made by
Alameda High School students,
classes of 1923 and 1924.]
+ Recess bells used at Mastick
School
[+ Chemistry lab scale, Alameda
High School]