Name/Title
'Alameda, California's Island Home City' Booklet, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1997.184.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.184.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND BOOKLET, WITH COVER DESIGN IN BLACK- AND GREEN COLORED TYPE ON A TAN-COLORED BACKGROUND. ART NOUVEAU STYLE OF ENTWINED POPPIES AND A DOUBLE CAPTION, "ALAMEDA AND CALIFORNIA'S ISLAND HOME CITY."
SIZE: L 5-3/4" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOKLET ENTITLED, "ALAMEDA AND CALIFORNIA'S ISLAND HOME CITY," ISSUED BY THE ALAMEDA FIFTY-THOUSAND CLUB, AND PRINTED BY THE ALAMEDA "DAILY ARGUS." THE BOOKLET, WITH A SHORT NARRATIVE ABOUT ALAMEDA, IS HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED WITH STREET SCENES, INDIVIDUAL HOMES, INDUSTRIES, ETC.
THE BOOKLET WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM PRIOR TO 1971, BUT WAS NEVER CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
DATE: MAY 3, 1997
