Name/Title
Postcard Album of Lottie Perkins, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2012.59.2Description
ACC. NO. 12.59.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: ALBUM, POSTCARD
DESCRIPTION: A HARD-BOUND POSTCARD ALBUM WITH SLOTTED PAGES IN BLACK-COLORED PAPER, WHICH ARE RECEPTACLES FOR INDIVIDUAL POSTCARDS. THE ALBUM COVER IS IN BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM AND HAS INCISED CAPTION, "POSTCARD ALBUM" IN WHITE-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 9" X W 11-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS IN AN ALBUM SENT TO LOTTIE PERKINS OF 417 TAYLOR AVENUE, ALAMEDA. LOTTIE WAS THE AUNT OF THE DONOR AND WAS A LONGTIME TEACHER IN THE ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASSIGNED TO LONGFELLOW SCHOOL.
DONOR: MR. FRANK PERKINS VIA HIS NEPHEW MATTHEW CROOKS
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
