Name/Title
Account book used as daybook by S. M. Laborn, c. 1891-1893Entry/Object ID
1995.169.3Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 1880's
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION:
ACCOUNT BOOK, WITH TAN-COLORED LEATHER-COVERED BOARDS. SPINE IS MISSING, AS IS THE BACK COVER. FRONT COVER AND FIRST TWO LEAVES ARE LOOSE. NO NAME PRESENT.
SIZE: L 5-1/4" X 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ACCOUNT BOOK USED AS A DAY BOOK BY S. M. LAMBORN (NAME OF WRITER DERIVED FROM ENTRY DATED OCTOBER 22. 1891. IN WHICH HE STATED THAT HE WAS 68 YEARS' OLD). WRITER RECORDED WEATHER AND DAILY ACTIVITIES. HE PERFORMED ODD PAINTING AND CARPENTRY JOBS, BUT APPARENTLY CONSTRUCTED A HOUSE FOR A MR. HEBERER, COMMENCING IN JUNE 1893, AND FINISHING THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER 1893. LAST ENTRY DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1893. LAST FEW PAGES USED AS AN ACCOUNT BOOK FOR EXPENDITURES.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR. ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
