Name/Title
Button with Childhood photo of Mildred and Edith Meyers, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2009.4.3Description
ACC. NO. 09.4.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900 OR 1901
OBJECT: BUTTON
DESCRIPTION: A CIRCULAR-SHAPED BUTTON WITH SEPIA-COLORED PHOTOGRAPH AND CELLULOID COVER. PHOTO IS MOUNTED TO METAL BUTTON WITH PIN.
SIZE: D: 1-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CHILDHOOD PHOTO OF MILDRED S. MEYERS (ON RIGHT), HOLDING HER SISTER, DR. EDITH MEYERS (ON LEFT). MILDRED WAS BORN IN 1898 AND DIED IN 1981. DR. EDITH MEYERS WAS BORN IN 1900 AND DIED IN 1971. THE BUTTON WAS FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF THE MEYERS HOUSE ON ALAMEDA AVENUE.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
CATALOGED: JANUARY 4, 2009
