Name/Title
Class Photograph Porter School, Ca. 1880sEntry/Object ID
1975.33.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.33.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, PORTER SCHOOL
DATE OR PERIOD: 1880’s
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, CLASS PICTURE
DESCRIPTION: SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF A GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLASS OF PORTER SCHOOL, ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
SIZE: 7" x 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTO WRITTEN IN SCRIPT,
"MISS TANNY'S CLASS, PORTER SCHOOL, ALAMEDA"
BELOW, PROBABLY PRINTED WITH A RUBBER STAMP, IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME, G. BALL, PHOTOGRAPHER, COR. CHESTNUT & RAILROAD AVE, ALAMEDA. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT DATED, BUT A STUDY OF THE CLOTHING STYLES PLACES IT IN THE 1880's.
ACQUIRED FROM: VERNON J. SAPPERS
DATE: DEC 6, 1975
