Name/Title
Elliott Plummer's Photo Album, c. 1905Entry/Object ID
1981.271.1Description
Acc. No. 81.271.1
Subject Category: Views
Date or period: 1905
Object: Album of photographs.
Description.
It is a black buckram covered photograph album with black paper pages, containing a collection of sepia tinted photographs.
Size: 10¼" by 7¼"
History of Object: Photograph book of Elliott T. Plummer born 1885. Pictures probably taken about 1905. He was related to George Plummer, who lived on San Antonio Avenue between Morton and Paru Streets. The home was demolished for the construction of the Franklin School. This is an important documentation of photographs of street scenes, homes, and original shore line, city parks, and various other views in Alameda....circa 1905.
Acquired from: Margaret Plummer Whitney, (through Mrs. John H. Edwards)
Date: September 12, 1981
