Photo Miss Elizabeth Westgate, music teacher, in her Victorian parlor, c. 1890
Entry/Object ID
1996.5.1
Description
Acc. No. 96.5.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: Ca. 1890
Object: Photograph
Description: Sepia-toned albumen print photo mounted on lt. tan paperboard. Photographer unknown. Typed description label is affixed to upper right corner of image. Foxing and other spotting occurs on image.
Size: L-5 1/4 x W-8 1/2 in.
History of Object: Interesting interior view of a Victorian parlor, in which Miss Elizabeth Westgate, a longtime Alameda music teacher, is seated in a wooden rocker looking at an open book, surrounded by many objets d'art adorning her wall and a marble-top table. She was, according to the 1912 Alameda City Directory, residing at 1117 Paru with her widowed sister-in-law, Lydia.
Acquired from: Mrs. Hergenhahn
Date: 1/6/96
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
