The Third Reader, 1883, of James Green, West End School

Name/Title

The Third Reader, 1883, of James Green, West End School

Entry/Object ID

1997.681.1

Description

ACC. NO. 97.681.1 SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, WEST END DATE OR PERIOD: 1886 OBJECT: BOOK, TEXT DESCRIPTION: HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF ILLEGIBLE CAPTION. TITLE PAGE STATES, "THE THIRD READER, D APPLETON AND CO., NEW YORK, 1883." SIZE: L 7-1/4" X W 4-3/4" HISTORY OF OBJECT: APPLETON'S SCHOOL READER ENTITLED, "THE THIRD READER," AND INSCRIBED " JAMES GREEN, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 11, 1886, WEST END SCHOOL." PREDECESSOR OF LONGFELLOW SCHOOL. BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "912," AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED AT THAT TIME. ACQUIRED FROM: MARGUERITE VOGEL CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997