Magic Lantern Slide of Daily Argus building, c. 1900
Entry/Object ID
1999.225.3
Description
Acc. No. 99.225.3
Subject Category: Newspapers (Daily Argus)
Date or Period: Circa 1900
Object: Glass Photographic slide
Description: Glass magic lantern photographic slide framed with a black paper tape around its margins. A small oval red/white paper label is affixed to the bottom left corner with number "9" written upon it in black ink. Photographer unknown.
Size: L-3 1/4 x W-4 in.
History of Object: Exterior view of the Alameda Daily Argus building at 2311 Central Avenue. This newspaper was founded in 1877 and existed until 1909, at which point it was absorbed by the evening Alameda Times-Star.
Acquired from: Fred Croll
Date: 5/1/99
Pre-1971 donation, hitherto uncataloged.
