Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by Fred N. Delanoy, c. 1895-1901Entry/Object ID
1997.420.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.420.1.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1895 - 1901
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF IMITATION BROWN-COLORED LEATHER, TRIMMED IN MÁROON-COLORED LEATHER, ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. COVER HAS CAPTION, "SCRAP BOOK," IN FADED GOLD COLOR.
SIZE: L 12-3/4" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK COMPILED BY FRED N DELANOY. CLIPPINGS INCLUDE PORTRAITS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA CITY HALL. THERE ARE ALSO SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (ILLUSTRATED) OF SEVERAL PROMINENT ALAMEDA RESIDENTS, ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHURCH BUILDINGS AND SEVERAL VICTORIAN HOMES. IN ADDITION, SCRAP BOOK INCLUDES A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING CONCERNING THE WEDDING OF FRED F DELANOY TO JESSIE H POWELL. BOOK WAS NUMBERED "S-30" BY THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUT WAS NOT CATALOGED UPON RECEIPT.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR JESSE DELANOY
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997