Name/Title
Article mentioning the Traveler family, later of 1400 San Jose Ave, 2004Entry/Object ID
2021.34.26Description
Acc. No. 21.34.26
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda, Homes of Alameda
Date or Period: 2004
Object: Guide booklet
Description:
Magazine-like Program and Guide for the 2004 Annual House Tour of the Victoria Alliance of San Francisco. It has drawings of houses in the Dolores Street and Fair Oaks Neighborhood. The front has a sticker with handwritten information 'Page 11 - Traveller family home - S.F. Later moved to Alameda.
Size: L 11" x W 8 1/2"
History of Object: Guidebook for a 2004 home tour, which on page 11 shows a drawing of a house at 68 Fair Oaks Street (originally 30 Fair Oaks), according to the article, built in 1888 by Alameda architect and builder August R. Denke for drayman Fortunatus Dow Traveller (a.k.a. Traveler) and his wife, the former Ida A. McGlauflin. They had married in 1885, and Ida's widowed mother, Emeline McGlauflin, lived with them. After only a few years they moved to a new home at 1400 San Jose Avenue, Alameda, by 1891.
This house is still standing, and was later the home of the Anderson family.
Acquired form: unknown
Catalog Date: 30 June, 2021
