Name/Title
Alameda High School graduation pin of Cornelia Tower, Class of 1927Entry/Object ID
2008.74.1Description
ACC. NO. 08.74.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: 1927
OBJECT: PIN, GRADUATION
DESCRIPTION:
A GOLD-PLATED INSIGNIA PIN, SHAPED LIKE AN ACORN, WITH DARK BLUE ENAMEL AND THE INITIALS, "A H S, '27."
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
AN ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL PIN FOR THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, BUILT IN 1927. THE PIN BELONGED TO THE LATE CORNELIA TOWER, WHO WAS BORN IN AND RESIDED IN ALAMEDA HER ENTIRE LIFE. HER FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA FOLLOWING THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE.
DONOR: FLEISCHMAN FAMILY
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 18, 2008
