Name/Title
'Sadlier's Excelsior Geography', 1875, of Willie and Dick BrittEntry/Object ID
1997.681.2Description
ACC. NO. 97.681.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1875
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN INCLUDING BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "SADLIER'S EXCELSIOR GEOGRAPHY." BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY MR WILLIAM H SADLIER PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1875.
SIZE: L 7" X W 5"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: GEOGRAPHY BOOK THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO WILLIE AND DICK BRITT, SONS OF PATRICK BRITT, WHO HAD A HOME CONSTRUCTED AT 1402 WEBSTER STREET. DICK BRITT SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE WEST END OF ALAMEDA.
BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "908," AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED UNTIL 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MARGUERITE VOGEL
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997
