Name/Title
Engine model, Alameda High School metal shop project, 1923-1924Entry/Object ID
1981.164.1Description
Acc. No. 81.164.1
Subject Category: Schools
Alameda High
Date or period: 1923-1924
Object: Engine model
Description:
It is an operating model with fittings, welded to a brass plate, which is engraved "Made by Students Alameda High School Classes, 1923-1924". This in turn is mounted upon a Philippine mahogany.
History of Object: A class project of the metal shop.
Acquired from:
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL current display case label (square brackets added to indicate other items):
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OBJECTS FROM EARLY SCHOOLS
OF ALAMEDA
(Reading from left to right.)
[+ Microscope set presented in
1892 to the Wilson School
(now Lincoln Middle School).]
+ Piston engine model made by
Alameda High School students,
classes of 1923 and 1924.
[+ Recess bells used at Mastick
School
+ Chemistry lab scale, Alameda
High School]