Name/Title
Photo First Entertainment and Smoker, Alameda Aerie 1076, by DeJoiner, 1905Entry/Object ID
1995.43.1Description
Acc. No. 95.43.1
Subject Category: Fraternal - Eagles
Date or Period: 1905
Object: Photograph
Description:
Black/white lt. sepia-toned print mounted on dk. gray paperboard. Description of the event is press-printed on the lower margin of the mounting. Photographer's label (partially gone) is on the verso: Alameda Gallery - O. DeJoiner - 1351 Park St., Alameda.
Size: L-11 x W-14 in.
History of Object:
Interior view of a hall with banquet tables set up with napery, chinaware, beverages, waiting the start of "Alameda Aerie no. 1076, F.O.E. - First Entertainment and Smoker, August 30th, 1905" (per printed description on lower mount margin).
Noteworthy are the many U.S. flags used as decoration, together with strands of paper Chinese lanterns.
Acquired from: Unknown.
Date: 4-1-95
Pre-1971 donation, old cat.#283
