Name/Title
Marriage License of Edward Bosshard and Irene Leontine Hart, 1909Entry/Object ID
2002.112.1Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 02.112.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1909
OBJECT: LICENSE, MARRIAGE
DESCRIPTION:
ILLUSTRATED DOCUMENT, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "MARRIAGE LICENSE," IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON AN OFF-WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND. MESSAGE IS IN AN ORNATE-STYLE TYPE. INFORMATION BLANKS ARE FILLED OUT BY HAND IN SEPIA-COLORED INK. FRAMING THE MESSAGE IS AN ORNATE-TRIMMED BORDER RESEMBLING LACE IN BROWN-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 13-1/2" X W 16"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MARRIAGE LICENSE, ISSUED NOVEMBER 6, 1909, TO RUDOLPH EDWARD BOSSHARD, NATIVE OF OHIO, AGE 26, AND RESIDENT OF BERKELEY, AND IRENE LEONTINE HART, NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA, AGE 27, AND RESIDENT OF ELMHURST, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MR BOSSHARD WAS WELL KNOWN IN ALAMEDA, SERVING AS CITY CLERK AND AN EDUCATOR IN THE ALAMEDA SCHOOLS. HE LATER SERVED ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. MR BOSSHARD DIED IN 1959 AT THE AGE OF 76.
DONOR: SUZANNE MARTINE GUIDICI
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 19, 2002
