Name/Title
'History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Oakland", 1907Entry/Object ID
1997.348.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.348.1 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HISTORY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1907
OBJECT: VOLUMES (2)
DESCRIPTION:
SET OF TWO HARD-BOUND VOLUMES, WITH COVERS OF MARBLEIZED PATTERN PAPER, TRIMMED IN BROWN-COLORED LEATHER. SPINES HAVE INCISED GOLD LETTERING, "OAKLAND AND ENVIRONS."
ILLUSTRATED.
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W-9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SET OF TWO VOLUMES ENTITLED, "HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF OAKLAND AND ENVIRONS," BY G M GUINN, ILLUSTRATED; PUBLISHED BY HISTORICAL RECORD COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CA, 1907. BOOKS CONTAIN BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON PROMINENT CALIFORNIANS, INCLUDING SOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. BOOKS NUMBERED "701," PART OF ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ORIGINAL REFERENCE MATERIALS, BUT NOT CATALOGED UNTIL 1997. THEY WERE GIVEN BY THE LATE MYRTLE RICHARDS, WHO SERVED AS CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS MYRTLE RICHARDS
CATALOGED: JULY 19, 1997
