Name/Title
Newspaper clippings about homes, 2002-2018Entry/Object ID
2021.34.31Description
Acc. No. 21.34.31 A - E
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 2002-2018
Object: Clippings
Description: 5 clippings. They are:
A. San Francisco Chronicle, E Section, Home & Garden, May 25, 2002, article on p E1 and E6 titled 'Gleaming glass, stained glass artist preserves Alameda's Colorful Heritage'.
B. Alameda Chamber of Commerce, September 2006, p. 5, 'Legacy Home Tour features Victorian-era Alameda', by Judith Lynch;
C. San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com, November 30, 2014, Real Estate section, G2 & G4, G6 'Victorian exudes grandeur, Alameda home features a turret with lagoon views' and 'Lagoon-side Alameda home hosted Janis Joplin concert, was speakeasy, by Jordan Guinn;
D. Alameda Sun, January 28, 2016, Real Estate Focus, p 10, 'Panning for Gold in My Kitchen, Alamedans celebrate he 168th anniversary of the California Gold Rush', by Robin Seeley
E. Alameda Sun, November 29, 2018, 'What's in a Name? Anderson Road, Civil War veteran lived on Bay Farm Island near road that bears his name', by Dennis Evanosky.
Size: various.
History of Object: clippings found among the Homes of Alameda folders in the paper ephemera collection drawers.
A. describes Alameda glass artists such as Ken Matthias Wendy Zellick of Alameda Art Glass, 1508 Webster St. Mentions windows at the Meyers House, and at 1931 Fernside, and Alameda Museum president Diane Coler-Dark, and curator George Gunn. Also mentions the Legacy Home Tour and a lecture at the Museum.
B. advertises the Alameda Museum and Alameda Architectural Preservation Society's 2006 home tour, featuring photos of the Webster House (1238 Versailles), and the Meyers House (1234 Alameda Ave), also the Baldwin-Pell house.
C. discusses 891 Union Street, the Leonard Cohen mansion, constructed by Joseph Leonard. The house was up for sale in 2014.
D. discusses 1223 Post St. originally built for Norwegian immigrant Christensen, and features a photo (including 3 tikes from the Post Street Morin, Pigott, and Hayton families)
E. discusses early Bay Farm resident George Anderson and family, and in passing, Adrian Hamlin, J.E. Ellis, Daniel Swett, John Titlow, and Anderson's brother, Thomas Miranda.
Acquired form: unknown
Catalog Date: 7 September, 2021
