Name/Title
Alameda High School 1948 Acorn’ yearbook of Bob O'HareEntry/Object ID
2020.53.3Description
Acc. No. 20.53.3
Subject Category: Schools, High, Alameda
Date / Period: 1948
Object: yearbook
Description: Hardbound book, with cover of cardboard with green rough linen finish, and caption in Gold freestyle script “Acorn” and “1948”.
Size: L 10 3/4” X W 8”
History: Alameda High School “Acorn” Yearbook for 1948, owned by Bob O’Hare. Rear portion of book has ads for local businesses.
Robert Frederick O'Hare was born in San Francisco. His family moved to Alameda sometime after 1940. After College in Oakland and military service in Korea, he moved to New York and worked in fashion, before moving back to California, and eventually teaching Apparel Design at the College of Alameda.
This collection of yearbooks belonged to Bob O’Hare, were donated to the Berkeley Public Library, and were in their workroom for several years.
Added to the collection as a second copy.
Acquired from: Sayre Van Young,
Berkeley Public Library
Donation Date: June 6, 2020
Arrived by mail 7/6/2020
Cataloged: October 8, 2020
