Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by The Clark family, 1896-1942Entry/Object ID
1997.416.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.416.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896 - 1942
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM. A FADED TYPEWRITTEN CAPTION IS ATTACHED TO THE COVER.
SIZE: L 12" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY R FRANK CLARK & SON, HERBERT D CLARK. CLARK FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA IN 1879. CLIPPINGS INCLUDE REAL ESTATE ADS, REFERENCE TO THE UNITARIAN CHURCH (INCLUDING CALENDARS OF EVENTS), PROGRAMS FROM ALAMEDA ELKS' LODGE, ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE CONCERNING THE DEATH OF R FRANK CLARK, AND A CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE BOYS' BRIGADE (ISSUED IN ALAMEDA ON MAY 27, 1890). BOYS' BRIGADE APPEARS TO BE A PRECURSOR OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. THE LATE ELEANOR CLARK, DONOR OF THE SCRAP BOOK, WAS DAUGHTER OF HERBERT, AND PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALAMEDA BRANCH, AMERICAN RED CROSS. BOOK WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1957, AND ORIGINALLY NUMBERED "S-36.".
ACQUIRED FROM:
ELEANOR CLARK
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997Interpretative Labels
Label
1/29/2021 Front cover label:
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SCRAPBOOK PERTAINING TO R. FRANK CLARK AND HERBERT D. CLARK, NEWS PAPER CLIPPINGS AND EVENTS DURING THE LIVES OF THESE TWO GENTLEMAN.
DONATED TO ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY ELEANOR D. CLARK. 1823 SAN JOSE AVE.
SEPTEMBER 1957.
[handwritten:] S36.
97.416.1