Name/Title
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Meyers in St. Charles Street, 1895Entry/Object ID
2008.71.32Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 08.71.32
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE
OBJECT: ENVELOPE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1895
DESCRIPTION:
AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO MRS HENRY H MEYERS, HANDWRITTEN IN SEPIA-COLORED INK.
SIZE: L 3-1/2" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO MRS HENRY H MEYERS, 1417 SAINT CHARLES STREET, ALAMEDA. 1417 SAINT CHARLES STREET WAS A RENTAL HOUSE IN WHICH MR AND MRS MEYERS RESIDED FOLLOWING THEIR MARRIAGE IN 1894. THEY OCCUPIED THAT HOME UNTIL 1897 WHEN THEIR HOUSE @ 2021 ALAMEDA AVENUE WAS COMPLETED. THE RETURN ADDRESS ON THE ENVELOPE STATES, "PERCY & HAMILTON, ARCHITECTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF." THAT FIRM EMPLOYED HENRY H MEYERS AS A DRAFTSMAN AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER. HENRY ULTIMATELY TOOK OVER THE FIRM AFTER THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT HAD DIED IN EITHER 1899 OR 1900.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
