Name/Title
Childhood photo of Joseph Durein, by Spencer and Stolte, 1913Entry/Object ID
2005.51.1Description
ACC. NO. 05.51.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1913
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
A SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHIC PANEL, WITH FIVE POSES IN AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE GOLD GESSO FRAME.
SIZE: L 12" X W 17-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CHILDHOOD PHOTOGRAPH OF JOSEPH DUREIN, BORN IN ALAMEDA IN 1912. HE WAS A MEMBER OF A PIONEER ALAMEDA FAMILY. HIS GRANDFATHER OPERATED A BUSINESS, "PIONEER SHOE STORE," ON PARK STREET DURING THE 1860's. MR DUREIN WAS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY MISSES SPENCER AND STOLTE (PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS) IN 1913.
DONOR: DOUG DUREIN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 20. 2005Interpretative Labels
Label
5/19/2021 MvL: handwritten information on backing:
New backing 2/24/2014
Joseph Durein, member of a pioneer family of Alameda.
Spencer & Stolte, photographers, 1913.Label
5/19/2021 MvL: current sign:
Joseph Durein
He was a member of a pioneer Alameda
family. His grandfather established a
shoe store on Park Street in 1869.
Photograph dated 1913