Name/Title
Trophy won by J. A. Landsberger for 100-yard dash, 1906Entry/Object ID
1996.350.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.350.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SPORTS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906
OBJECT: TROPHY
DESCRIPTION:
ART NOUVEAU-STYLE TROPHY IN THE FORM OF A COPPER CHALICE, WITH STEM AND CIRCULAR-SHAPED PEDESTAL. THE BOWL PORTION HAS AN ATTACHED PAIR OF METAL HANDLES. THE TROPHY IS ENGRAVED, "A. C. O. C. 100-YARD DASH. FIRST PRIZE WON BY J. A. LANDSBERGER, AUGUST 11, 1906." NO MANUFACTURER'S SIGNATURE NOR HALLMARK THEREON.
SIZE: FROM HANDLE TO HANDLE: H 7-3/4" X D 9-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
THE LANDSBERGER'S WERE EARLY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. PROMINENT JULIUS A. LANDSBERGER, TROPHY WINNER, WAS THE COMMODORE OF THE ENCINAL YACHT CLUB IN ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DENNIS DEDERICK
DATE: OCTOBER 5, 1996
