Name/Title
Framed photo of Mary Frances Linderman, by Piatt's, c. 1915Entry/Object ID
2003.38.2Description
ACC. NO. 03.38.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1915
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION: PALE YELLOW SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPH IN AN OVAL-SHAPED FRAME WITH EBONIZED AND GOLD LEAF FINISH. REVERSE SIDE OF PHOTO HAS THE ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL, WHICH STATES, "PIATT'S, ALAMEDA, CAL.," IN BLACK-AND-GOLD COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 7-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MARY FRANCES, WIFE OF FRED LINDERMAN, AND MOTHER OF MABEL KOLLMYER. MARY FRANCES THORNTON MARRIED FRED LINDERMAN IN 1895. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ABEL THORNTON, PIONEER OF THE EAST END OF ALAMEDA. ABEL OWNED AND FARMED ON WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS LIBERTY AVENUE.
DONOR: ESTATE OF MABEL KOLLMYER
CATALOGED: APRIL 12, 2003Interpretative Labels
Label
10/17/2020 MvL: content of tag:
Acc. No. 03.38.2
Subject category: Citizens of Alameda
Object: Photo, framed
Date: C. 1915
History: Mrs. Fred Linderman
(formerly Mary Frances Thornton),
member of a pioneer Alameda
Donor: Estate of Mabel Kollmyer
3-12-03
Full text on framer's / photographer's label:
Piatt’s
Kodaks - Frames - Gifts
ALAMEDA CAL
