Name/Title
Album of the Jameson family with photos of Alameda residents, c. 1870sEntry/Object ID
1998.310.2Description
ACC. NO. 98.310.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1870'S
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPHIC
DESCRIPTION:
VICTORIAN-STYLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM, WHICH IS COVERED IN RED COLORED LEATHER. COVER HAS EMBOSSED DESIGN FEATURING ACORNS AND LEAVES SURROUNDING A PSEUDO MEDALLION. THE MEDALLION HAS AN INCISED CAPTION, "A B JAMESON." A SECTION OF THE BRASS CLASP IS MISSING.
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM CONTAINING PHOTOS OF THE JAMESON FAMILY WHO WERE POSSIBLY NOT ALAMEDA PEOPLE; HOWEVER, ON PAGE 16 ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF JAMES MILLINGTON AND HIS WIFE, LYDIA. MR MILLINGTON WAS A PIONEER CARPENTER WHO SETTLED IN ALAMEDA WITH HIS WIFE IN THE 1850'S. ALSO INCLUDED ON PAGE 17 IS A PORTRAIT OF THEIR SON, FRANK, WHO WAS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AT ONE PERIOD OF TIME.
DONOR:
GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR,
ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 19, 1998
