Name/Title
Photo album of Alameda Elks Lodge activities, c. early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1997.451.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.451.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FRATERNAL; ELKS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, WITH COVER OF DARK BROWN – COLORED LEATHER. INTERIOR BLACK PAPER PAGES, WITH ATTACHED BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
SIZE: L 10" X W 14"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ALBUM CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALAMEDA ELKS LODGE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A CIRCUS DAY, ETC. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SCENES OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE ELKS LODGE BUILDING IN THE 2200 BLOCK OF SANTA CLARA AVENUE. MAJORITY OF PHOTOS APPEAR TO CONCERN AN OUTING INITIATED BY THE ELKS TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION OUTSIDE ALAMEDA. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE ALBUM RELATES TO THE BASEBALL GAME AT LINCOLN PARK IN ALAMEDA. BUNGALOWS ON LIBERTY AVENUE CAN BE NOTED IN THE LATTER PHOTO. ALBUM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "33," AND NOT OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997