Name/Title
Alameda High School Diploma awarded to Mamie Thornton, 1889Entry/Object ID
2004.28.1Description
ACC. NO. 04.28.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: 1889
OBJECT: DIPLOMA
DESCRIPTION:
THREE-FOURTH SECTION --- ONE-FOURTH SECTION MISSING --- OF A DIPLOMA, WITH ILLUSTRATION AND ELABORATE TYPESET. DOCUMENT HAS A BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL."
SIZE: L 15" X W 16"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
THE DIPLOMA AWARDED TO MAMIE THORNTON, MOTHER OF THE LATE MABEL KOLLMEYER. MS THORNTON WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ABEL THORNTON, PIONEER FAMILY OF THE EAST END OF ALAMEDA. MR THORNTON OWNED AND CULTIVATED LAND ON WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS LIBERTY AVENUE, OFF HIGH STREET.
DONOR:
ESTATE OF MABEL KOLLMEYER
CATALOGED: MARCH 6, 2004
