Name/Title
Certificate survival San Francisco Earthquake, 1970Entry/Object ID
2024.90.6Description
Acc. No. 24.90.6
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1970
Object: certificate
Description: A certificate, with glued-on gold seal, with printed in gothic type: 'The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department presents this Award of Merit to'. Handwritten is the name Robert Harding Ames, stamped with: Survival of 1906 Earthquake' and 'April 18, 1970' and has stamped signature of Joseph Caverly.
Size: L 8 x W 6 inches
History of Objects: certificate, apparently obtained during a commemorative event in 1970, given to survivors of the 1906 earthquake. This population group has now reached cohort extinction. Robert Ames was born on 26 November 1900, so 6 during the earthquake. The family subsequently moved to Alameda. Many East Bay cities grew considerably after the earthquake.
Donor: Estate of Helena B. Ames
Donation Date: 03/21/2006
Catalog Completion Date: 11/29/2024