Name/Title
Vacation Trip Jounral, California, Summer 1897, kept by Herbert ClarkEntry/Object ID
1997.670.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.670.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1897
OBJECT: JOURNAL
DESCRIPTION:
TYPEWRITTEN JOURNAL, WITH SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN HAND-BOUND. COVER OF BROWN-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN BROWN-COLORED LEATHER ACCENTUATED IN GOLD. TITLE PAGE IS HAND-ILLUSTRATED IN 'BLACK-, BLUE-, AND RED COLORED INK (CAPTIONS). TITLE READS, "VACATION TRIP, CALIFORNIA, SUMMER 1897, HERBERT CLARK, JULY 1897."
SIZE: L 11" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOK CREATED BY HERBERT D CLARK, WHO WAS AT THAT TIME EDITOR OF "SIFTINGS AND CYCLE," SAN FRANCISCO EVENING POST. JOURNAL CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRIP TO VARIOUS CITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TRIP ACCOUNTS BEGIN IN ALAMEDA ON AUGUST 1, 1897. THE CLARK FAMILY WERE EARLY RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ESTATE OF ELEANOR CLARK
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997
