Name/Title
Photo of Cora Lessig, original owner of 1419 Mound St., c. 1890sEntry/Object ID
2017.1.50Description
Acc. No. 17.1.50
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: Circa 1890's
Object: Photograph
Description: A dark sepia-toned 3/4 length image of a young woman mounted on 3/8” paper stock. Blindstamped into the lower right corner of the image is the photographer's studio name, "Boyd/Habernicht, San Francisco".
Size: H-7 1/2” x W-5 1/2”
History of Object: A photograph of Cora Lessig, wife of Charles H. Lessig, as a young woman. They were the original owners of the 1419 Mound Street, Alameda residence, constructed in 1912. In 1937, Mrs. Lessig, now a widow, sold her home to the Charles W. Martin family. At that time, Cora Lessig moved to a rental unit at 3240 Briggs Avenue, in 1938 her monthly rent was $16.60, per a scrap of paper found at 1419 Mound St. in 2016 during the disposition of the Nancy Martin estate.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Date: 01/21/2017
