Blue buckram covered scrap album of cards, c. 1880s

Archive

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Blue buckram covered scrap album of cards, c. 1880s

Entry/Object ID

1987.1.11

Scope and Content

Acc. No. 87.1.11 Subject Category: Toys Date or Period: C. 1880's Object: Album, scrap Description: Blue colored buckram covered scrap album with heading in gold incised lettering "The Universal Card and Scrap Album," (hard cover). Contents; advertising & greeting cards. Size: L-15 x W-12 1/2 inches. History of Object: Scrap album compiled by Miss. Bertha May, subsequent to her marriage in 1894 to Henry H. Meyers. The album contains chromolithograph greeting, advertising, &c valentine cards. Acquired from: Jeanette Meyers Date: 1-2-87