Name/Title
Kodak Photo Album compiled by the Eickhoff family, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1997.436.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.436.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND LITHOGRAPHIC ALBUM, COVERED IN MAROON-COLORED BUCK RAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED LEATHER, ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. COVER HAS INCISED CAPTION, "KODAK," IN GOLD.
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 12-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
INTERESTING KODAK PHOTO ALBUM, WITH EARLY VIEWS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, INCLUDING A VIEW OF PARK STREET LOOKING BOTH SOUTH AND NORTH, CITY HALL (WITH TOWER) BEFORE 1906, SHORELINE NEAR BAY FARM ISLAND, ANDERSON'S WHARF, AND INTERIOR SHOTS OF THE ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY (DATED 1899, WHEN IT WAS LOCATED IN THE WEST WING OF CITY HALL). ALBUM WAS COMPILED BY THE EICKHOFF FAMILY. DONOR WAS A MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY. ALBUM WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ON JULY 15, 1947; SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; NUMBERED "S-38," BUT NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS C K POWERS
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
