Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, Hall way 1219 Oak Street, c. 1918Entry/Object ID
1975.17.2Description
ACC. NO. 75.17.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1918?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: SAMPLE. BROWN BACK GROUND WITH DAB DESIGN OF PALE PINK & BLUE. EVERY 2½ INCHES A DESIGN CONSISTING OF BLACK DOTS IN A VERTICAL STRIPE IS REPEATED.
SIZE: 8½" x 9½"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PAPER REMOVED FROM HALL WAY LEADING FROM KITCHEN TO BACK DOOR OF AN ITALIANATE COTTAGE, 1219 OAK STREET, CIRCA 1882-86. THE COTTAGE, ONE OF TWO DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, WAS TO BE SPARED. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THEM CAME TO LATE. THE PAPER IS REMINISCENT OF THE LATE TEENS OR EARLY TWENTIES. THE HOME (ONE OF THREE) IS ATTRIBUTED TO W. P. CLARK, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER, (LISTED IN THE CITY DIRECTORY FOR ALAMEDA, 1880-81, AS LIVING ON SANTA CLARA AVENUE BETWEEN CHESTNUT & LAFAYETTE.)
ACQUIRED FROM: GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR
DATE: JULY 19, 1975
