Name/Title
Formal Photo of Arthur W. Scott, Principal Alameda High School, c. 1915-1920Entry/Object ID
1997.268.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.268.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS; ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1915-1920
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH IN ORIGINAL COVER LETTER JACKET. PAPER JACKET IN TAN COLOR, WITH CAPTION IN SEPIA COLORED TYPE, STATING "TERKELSON & HENRY ."
SIZE: L 10" X W 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
FORMAL PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR W SCOTT, ONE-TIME PRINCIPAL OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. DR SCOTT WAS SERVING AS PRINCIPAL DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATED AT CENTRAL AVENUE AND WALNUT STREET. DR SCOTT SERVED AS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN THE LATE 1890'S TO THE EARLY 1900's. HIS POSITION WAS LATER FILLED BY GEORGE THOMPSON, WHO SERVED AS PRINCIPAL FOR MANY YEARS. DR SCOTT LATER BECAME A REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIF.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
DATE: JUNE 7, 1997
