Name/Title
Collection of Postcards from the Ames family, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1997.373.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.373.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: GREETING CARDS
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: POSTCARD COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION:
COLLECTION OF LITHOGRAPHIC POSTCARDS, CIRCULATED AND UNCIRCULATED. MANY OF THE POST CARDS WERE PRINTED IN GERMANY.
SIZE: L 5-1/4" X W 3-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS THAT BELONGED TO THE AMES FAMILY --- MRS BENJAMIN AND HER SON, HARDING. THE AMES FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1906, AND LIVED AT 1409 CAROLINE STREET AND 1306 BROADWAY BEFORE HAVING A HOUSE BUILT ON THE 2100 BLOCK OF SAN JOSE AVENUE IN THE 1920's.
ACQUIRED FROM:
HELENA AMES
CATALOGED: AUGUST 2, 1997
