Name/Title
Scrapbook about George C. Thompson, School Principal, c. 1915-1920sEntry/Object ID
1997.442.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.442.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1915-1920's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF SCRAPBOOK, WITH HARD-BOUND COVER OF IMITATION RED-COLORED LEATHER. INCISED DESIGN, CAPTION IN GOLD STATES, "SCRAP BOOK." ALSO INCLUDED ON COVER IS A WHITE PAPER LABEL, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, HAND-SCRIBED IN BLACK INK, "DR GEORGE C THOMPSON."
SIZE: L 12-3/4" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CONTEMPORARY LOOSE-LEAF SCRAP BOOK IN WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPILED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, CERTIFICATES, ETC., ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DR GEORGE C THOMPSON, LONGTIME PRINCIPAL OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. ALBUM, NUMBERED "49," WAS POSSIBLY CREATED BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM PRIOR TO 1971.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
