Name/Title
Notebook used as daybook and account book of S.M. Lamborn, 1911-1912Entry/Object ID
1995.169.6Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900'S
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION:
NOTEBOOK, WITH WELL-WORN COVERS OF GRAY BUCKRAM. ON FRONT COVER IS WRITTEN IN BLACK INK: "SM LAMBORN, ALAMEDA, CAL." ON BACK COVER IS WRITTEN: "1911, S M LAMBORN, 1428 MORTON ST, ALAMEDA."
SIZE: 6-7/8" X 4-1/4" x 1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MAIN PORTION OF NOTEBOOK IS A DAY BOOK OF S M LAMBORN.
ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF NOTEBOOK, BEGINNING WITH THE BACK AND ENTERED CHRONOLOGICALLY TOWARDS THE FRONT, IS A DAILY LISTING OF PERSONAL EXPENDITURES.
FIRST LEGIBLE DATE IN DAY BOOK SECTION IS JULY 20, 1911. FIRST PAGE IS BADLY TATTERED.
ON OCTOBER 22, 1911, WRITER CELEBRATED HIS 88th BIRTHDAY. HE FREQUENTLY REFERS TO HIS SON, BEN, AND BEN'S FAMILY, WIFE AMANDA, AND THEIR TWO SONS, CLYDE AND BOBBY. HE OFTEN VISITED WITH HIS SON, HARVEY. WRITER'S HEALTH WAS BECOMING FRAIL; SEVERAL FALLS ARE NOTED.
LAST ENTRY WAS DATED APRIL 24, 1912.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
