Name/Title
Scrapbook about the Cycler's Club, c. 1890sEntry/Object ID
1997.505.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.505.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLUBS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890's
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING MULTICOLORED RIPPLED PATTERN, WHICH IS BADLY FADED AND WORN. CONTENTS INCLUDE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, BROCHURES, PROGRAMS, ETC.
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 7-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK OF EVENTS OF THE ALAMEDA CYCLERS' CLUB, ORGANIZED IN ABOUT 1896. HEADQUARTERS WERE LOCATED IN THE LINDERMAN OPERA HOUSE @ CENTRAL AVENUE AND PARK STREET (DESTROYED IN 1897 BY FIRE). THE DONOR'S FATHER, HERBERT D CLARK, WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLUB.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ELEANOR CLARK
DONATED IN SEPTEMBER, 1957
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
