Magic Lantern Slide of the California Yacht Club, c. 1900
Entry/Object ID
1999.225.7
Description
Acc. No. 99.225.7
Subject Category: Clubs - California Yacht Club
Date or Period: Circa 1900
Object: Glass Photographic Slide
Description: Glass magic lantern photographic slide with an ornamental gold border, framed with a black paper tape around its margins. A small white round paper label is affixed reading number "14" in black ink. Photographer unknown.
Size: L-3 1/4 x W-4 in.
History of Object: View of the California Yacht Club located at Alameda Point, said to be the locale where Jack London wrote "The Snark".
Acquired from: Fred Croll
Date: 5/1/99
Pre-1971 donation, hitherto uncataloged.