Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by William E. Varcoe, former city-clerk, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1997.406.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.406.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890's EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF MULTI-COLORED DESIGNS. COVER ALSO INCLUDES TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL WITH CAPTION.
SIZE: L 9-1/2" x W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK, COMPILED BY WILLIAM E VARCOE, ONE-TIME CITY CLERK OF ALAMEDA. THE ALBUM INCLUDES NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, PROGRAMS OF SOCIAL EVENTS, AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS. MR VARCOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA ELKS LODGE. INCLUDED ARE SEVERAL BROCHURES AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE ELKS. THIS OBJECT WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND NUMBERED "S-6" AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
FRED N WILLIAMS
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
