Name/Title
Photo album with emphasis on WW-II, 1938-1945Entry/Object ID
1997.479.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.479.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1938 - 1945
OBJECT: ALBUM
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF, HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK ALBUM, WITH HARD COVER OF KHAKI-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED LEATHER. ALBUM CONTAINS BLACK-AND-WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS.
SIZE: L 18-1/2" X W 15".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUNG SOCIAL LEADERS, BRIDES, CLUB AND ORGANIZATION LEADERS, WAR-TIME WEDDINGS, WAR MANEUVERS, CITY OF ALAMEDA. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE TYPEWRITTEN CAPTIONS, WITH NAMES, TITLES, AND DATES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOY SCOUTS' ACTIVITIES, A PLAY PRESENTED BY THE "ALAMEDA LITTLE THEATRE," VISITS TO RECOVERING GI'S IN HOSPITALS --- WITH EMPHASIS ON WW-II, - A 1949 PARADE ON PARK STREET, AMERICAN RED CROSS ACTIVITIES, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ON LOCAL HISTORY. ALBUM IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY WORKERS OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "S-61," AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CATALOGED: AUGUST 30, 1997
