Name/Title
Photo Mr. Joseph Lorber, librarian, Ca. 1880Entry/Object ID
1981.6.1Description
Acc. No. 81.6.1.
Subject Category: Framed Photo
Date or Period: Circa 1880
Object: Framed photograph
Description: Ornate gesso frame (acorn motif ) in black and silver.
Frame contains a sepia tinted photograph.
It is an Abell & Priest Photograph, San Francisco.
Size: (photo) 12½ x 10½ in.
History of Object: Mr. Joseph Lorber was the first librarian in Alameda, 1872. The library was on the west side of Park Street, between Railroad and Pacific Avenue.
Acquired from: John Lorber
Date: September, 1952Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL:
current labels on back:
- old accession label:
Joseph Lorber.
First librarian in Alameda
1872
Donor
John Lorber.
3005 Jackson St.
Sept 152
Alameda Historical Society
- old information label:
MR. JOSEPH LORBER. FIRST LIBRARIAN IN ALAMEDA, 1872.
THE LIBRARY WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF PARK STREET, BETWEEN RAILROAD AND PACIFIC AVENUE.
The Abell & Priest company’s address is printed in the lower right corner:
Bancroft’s History Building, 723 Market St., S.F.
