Name/Title
Mrs. Twichell's Souvenir Glass Pitcher from S.F. Midwinter Fair, 1894Entry/Object ID
1978.8.4Description
ACC. NO. 78.8.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DOCTORS, ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1894
OBJECT: PITCHER
DESCRIPTION: GLASS PITCHER, RUBY FLASHED (COLOR), CLEAR PATTERN DESIGN AT BASE. PEDESTAL BASE IN CLEAR GLASS, AND CLEAR APPLIED HANDLE. ENGRAVED “MIDWINTER FAIR, 1894”, ON REVERSE SIDE, “MRS. L. P. TWICHELL”.
SIZE: 5½" HIGH
HISTORY OF OBJECT: SOUVENIR GLASS PITCHER PURCHASED AT THE MIDWINTER FAIR, SAN FRANCISCO, BY A MEMBER OF THE DR. TWICHELL FAMILY, FIRST RESIDENT DOCTOR IN ALAMEDA, 1870-71
ACQUIRED FROM: JUANITA HENDRICKSON
DATE: JULY 23, 1978Interpretative Labels
Label
2/23/2020 MvL: between 78.8.3 and 78.8.4 in Catalog Card Box:
RUBY FLASHED PITCHER AND JUICE GLASS FROM THE MIDWINTER FAIR, SAN FRANCISCO, DATED 1894; ONCE THE PROPERTY OF MRS. L. P. TWICHELL, THE WIDOW OF AN EARLY PIONEER RESIDENT DOCTOR, OF ALAMEDA. DONOR: MS. JUANITA HENDRICKSON.
78.8.3
78.8.4
2/24/2020 MvL:
Current label:
Mid Winter Fair, 1894 Golden Gate Park, SF
Ruby flashed souvenir glass with engraved names of Alameda residents:
(left) Mary Anderson, member of a pioneer farming family on Bay Farm Island
(right) Mrs. L. P. Twichell, widow of an early Alameda physician
