Name/Title
Sketch Book Lottie A. Deas, with drawing 1729 San Antonio, 1896Entry/Object ID
1978.16.14Description
ACC. NO. 78.16.14
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA, VICTORIAN
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896
OBJECT: SKETCH BOOK
DESCRIPTION: GREEN COVER. CALLED THE "UNICORN DRAWING TABLET". LOTTIE A. DEAS, 1729 SAN ANTONIO AVENUE,
IN PENCIL IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
SIZE: 9½"X8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE SKETCH BOOK CONTAINS THREE IMPORTANT COMPLETED DRAWINGS. PAGE 3, THE DEAS FAMILY HOME, 1729 SAN ANTONIO, ITALIANATE RESIDENCE, WITH LATER ADDITION OF A QUEEN ANNE ROOF LINE. DATE, AUG, 1896. PAGE 4, CHRIST CHURCH, CORNER GRAND & SANTA CLARA, DESIGNED BY COXHEAD, AND DESTROYED BY FIRE. DATED, JULY 25, 1896. PAGE 6, THE MOST IMPORTANT PICTURE, ON THE SITE RENDERING OF THE FIRST HOUSE IN ALAMEDA, LOCATED ON SAN JOSE AVENUE, NOT FAR FROM THE DEAS RESIDENCE, DATED SEPT 11, 1896. THE SKETCH BOOK BELONGED TO LOTTIE (CHARLOTTE A. DEAS), 1877 TO 1973.
ACQUIRED FROM: MRS. ROBERT A. BUXTON
DATE: DEC 9, 1978
