Name/Title
Photo Album of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915Entry/Object ID
1997.466.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.466.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD'S FAIR, 1915
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915
OBJECT: ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF DARK BROWN-COLORED LEATHER COVER PHOTO ALBUM. CAPTION, "PHOTOGRAPHS," APPEARS ON COVER IN INCISED GOLD LETTERING. INTERIOR BLACK-COLORED PAGES HAVE BLACKAND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS ATTACHED, WITH INDIVIDUAL HANDWRITTEN CAPTIONS.
SIZE: L 11-1/4" x W 15-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA IN 1915. BY MR. PERCY BETANCUE, WHO WAS AN ALAMEDA RESIDENT. HE PRESENTED THE PHOTO ALBUM TO THE LATE EVERETT E FARWELL, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MR FARWELL, A DEALER IN OLD AND RARE BOOKS AT 1718 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA, AND FATHER OF DRUSILLA STRELOW, IN TURN, GAVE THE ALBUM TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE ALBUM WAS NOT DOCUMENTED UNTIL 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
EVERETT FARWELL
GIVEN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1960
CATALOGED: AUGUST 30, 1997
