Name/Title
Photo of interior of a pharmacy, c. 1898Entry/Object ID
2021.22.1Description
Acc. No. 21.22.1 A, B, C.
Subject Category: Businesses, Druggist / Apothecary
Date or Period: c. 1898
Object: Photo (digital)
Description:
A. print-out of a sepia-colored photo of the interior of a store, with shelving reaching to a high ceiling, and three men, two with mustaches, behind a long counter. Stairs provide access to a walkway along the higher shelves.
B. Digital version of same
C. supporting documentation (birth Certificate of Marie Norman, listing 2252 Central (now site of Alameda High School) as address.
History of Object: A photo of the interior of an Alameda Pharmacy (not Prosser), c. 1898. The great-grandfather of the donor, druggist William Hugh Norman is the man in the center of the picture. The family lived only for a short time in Alameda, where the donor's grandmother, Marie Norman, was born in 1901.
Acquired from: Ronald J. Kitchen,
Catalog Date: 2/20/2021
