Name/Title
Framed photo of Bertha May, c. 1894Entry/Object ID
2012.48.2Description
ACC. NO. 12.48.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1894
OBJECT: PHOTO, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION: A SEPIA-TINTED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH WITH OFF-WHITE MAT TRIMMED IN GOLD. THE PHOTO, THAT IS UNDER GLASS IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ORNATE GESSO FRAME WHICH HAS A BACKGROUND OF PALE GREY AND DECORATIVE DESIGNS IN RELIEF IN SILVER.
SIZE: L 12-1/2" X W 7-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A PHOTO PROBABLY TAKEN AS A TROUSSEAU GIFT OF BERTHA MAY, WHO MARRIED HENRY H. MEYERS IN 1894. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF EDITH, MILDRED, AND JEANETTE MEYERS, 1869-1947.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
CATALOGED: AUGUST 18, 2012
