Name/Title
Silver Cigarette case of Robert Harding Ames, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
2006.21.25Description
ACC. NO. 06.21.25
SUBJECT CATEGORY: PERSONAL ACCESSORIES
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECT: CIGARETTE CASE
DESCRIPTION: A STERLING SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, THE COVER HAS A CHASED DESIGN AND INITIALS, "R.H.A."
SIZE: L 4" X W 3"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A CIGARETTE CASE THAT HAD BELONGED TO THE LATE ROBERT HARDING AMES. HE WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1900. HE MOVED TO ALAMEDA WITH HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER FOLLOWING THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE. HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE BETHLEHEM SHIPYARDS IN ALAMEDA AND WAS ACTIVE IN LITTLE THEATRE, ETC. HE PASSED AWAY IN ALAMEDA IN 1982.
DONOR: ESTATE OF HELENE AMES
CATALOGED: MARCH 11, 2006
