Name/Title
Needlework picture of a sailing ship made by Terry La Croix Sr., before 1992Entry/Object ID
1998.252.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.252.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: TEXTILE, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
TEXTILE DEPICTING FULL-MASTED SAILING SHIP IN COMBINATION PETIT- AND NEEDLEPOINT. TEXTILE, UNDER GLASS, IS CONTAINED IN AN ANTIQUE GOLD-COLORED FRAME. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PICTURE IS A PAPER LABEL ADVERTISING "PIATT'S, KODAKS, FRAMES, GIFTS, ALAMEDA, CAL."
SIZE: L 25" X W 32"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
FRAMED NEEDLEWORK PICTURE MADE BY THE LATE TERRY LA CROIX, FATHER OF TERRY LA CROIX, JR, FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. THE LA CROIX FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE 1890's. THE PICTURE WAS GIVEN TO THE DONOR BY THE FORMER MAYOR UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
DONOR:
ANN HODGKIN
DATE: JULY 11, 1998
