Name/Title
Alameda Daily Argus Carnival Number from High School Cornerstone box, 1902Entry/Object ID
1997.203.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.203.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: 1902
OBJECT: NEWSPAPER
DESCRIPTION:
ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, WITH CAPTION, "ALAMEDA DAILY ARGUS - CARNIVAL NUMBER; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1902"
SIZE: L 26" X W 20"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: SPECIAL EDITION OF THE "ALAMEDA DAILY ARGUS," ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND PROMINENT BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES OF THE COMMUNITY. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN ARTICLE CONCERNING ALAMEDA SCHOOLS, WITH A REPRODUCTION OF THE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING OF THE THEN-IN-CONSTRUCTION ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL AT THE CORNER OF WALNUT STREET AND CENTRAL AVENUE.
THIS COLLECTION OF OBJECTS WAS REMOVED FROM THE CORNERSTONE OF THE ORIGINAL HIGH SCHOOL (ERECTED 1902), AT CENTRAL AVENUE AND OAK STREET, DEMOLISHED IN 1956 AND TURNED OVER TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CONTENTS OF COPPER BOX WAS OPENED BY DR HARRY D SMITH, CURATOR, NOVEMBER 1, 1956, BEFORE A PUBLIC GATHERING OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. IT CAME FROM THE CORNERSTONE OF THE WEST WING OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL (BUILT IN 1902).
ACQUIRED FROM: ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTE: THIS IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MUSEUM COLLECTION, DONATED PRIOR TO 1971. COLLECTION INCLUDES SOME 45 OBJECTS.
DATE: MAY 10, 1997
