Name/Title
Program 'Halcyon Minstrels', N.S.G.W. parlor #146, 1903Entry/Object ID
1997.187.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.187.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FRATERNAL
DATE OR PERIOD: 1903
OBJECT: PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION:
BOOKLET-TYPE PROGRAM, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING COMICAL CHARACTERS, AND BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "HALCYON MINSTRELS."
SIZE: L 9" X W 5-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PROGRAM FOR THE HALCYON PARLOR, NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST #146, PERFORMED AT THE ARMORY HALL, NOVEMBER 27-28, 1903. THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES ADVERTISEMENTS FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS OF THE PERIOD. SOME ADS ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS. THE PROGRAM, NUMBERED "962," WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN 1955 BY HAROLD WARD, MEMBER OF A PIONEER ALAMEDA FAMILY. MR WARD RESIDED ON PARU STREET.
THE ITEM WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED UNTIL MAY 3, 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
DATE: MAY 3, 1997