Name/Title
Drawing of a WW-I nurse, by Robert Lamborn, 1918Entry/Object ID
1998.259.2Description
ACC. NO. 98.259.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD WAR-I
DATE OR PERIOD: 1918
OBJECT: DRAWING, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
PEN-AND-INK DRAWING DEPICTING A WORLD WAR-I NURSE. DRAWING HAS BEEN ACCENTUATED WITH WATERCOLORS. THE DRAWING IS MOUNTED UNDER GLASS IN A WOODEN FRAME WITH A SILVER FINISH.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS THE ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL STATING, "KODAKS. C P MAGAGNOS."
SIZE: L 2-1/2" X W 9-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PEN-AND-INK DRAWING BY ROBERT LAMBORN, FATHER OF THE DONOR. THE DRAWING WON A FIRST PRIZE IN A CONTEST CREATED BY THE ALAMEDA TIMES STAR AND APPEARED IN THAT PUBLICATION AS AN ILLUSTRATION. ROBERT WAS BORN IN ALAMEDA IN 1900, AND WAS SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN LAMBORN, ONE-TIME CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, CA.
DONOR:
ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: AUGUST 1, 1998
