Name/Title
'Sunday Magazine' newspaper supplement, illustrated by Harrison Fisher, 1906Entry/Object ID
2015.3.1Description
ACC. NO. 15.3.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906
OBJECT: MAGAZINE
DESCRIPTION: A MAGAZINE WITH ILLUSTRATED COVER WITH THE BOLD PRINTED CAPTION, "SUNDAY MAGAZINE," OF THE SUNDAY RECORD HERALD, NOVEMBER 11, 1906.
SIZE: L 14-1/2" X W 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A 1903 MAGAZINE OR SUPPLEMENT OF THE COVER ILLUSTRATED BY HARRISON FISHER. MR. FISHER CAME TO ALAMEDA WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 8 AND WAS RAISED IN ALAMEDA, ATTENDED SCHOOLS, AND LATER BECAME A NATIONALLY KNOWN ILLUSTRATOR. HE WAS NOTED FOR HIS DRAWINGS OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, KNOWN AS THE "HARRISON FISHER GIRLS."
DONOR: GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR,
ALAMEDA MUSEUM
CATALOGED: JANUARY 24, 2015
