Name/Title
Photo of Dr. Arthur Gore, between 1894 and 1924Entry/Object ID
2001.12.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.12.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DOCTORS OF ALAMEDA, CA
DATE: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE REPRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPH IN OAK FRAME, WITH NATURAL FINISH.
SIZE: L 7-3/4" X W 5"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LATE DR ARTHUR GORE. DR GORE CHANGED PROFESSIONS FROM MEDICAL TO DENTAL AND OPENED A PRACTICE IN ALAMEDA IN 1894 IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF PARK STREET. DR GORE DIED IN ALAMEDA ON NOVEMBER 01, 1924. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1957, NUMBERED "330X," AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: ARTHUR B GORE
CATALOGED: JANUARY 20, 2001Interpretative Labels
Label
10/14/2020 MvL: contents of label glued to the back:
01.121
DR. ARTHUR
GORE,
BORN IN BOSTON NASS.JULY 29th 1841. SPENT EARLY BOYHOOD ON MONTLRY PININSULA IN POINT CYPRESS AREA. (1852 TO 1860 ) RETURNED TO BOSTON FOR A SHORT AND THEN STUDIED MEDACINE AT NEW YORK HYGEIO THERAPENTIC COLLEGE OF MEDACINE WHERE HE GRADUATED MAR.29th 1865 WITH DEGREE OF M.D.
PRACTICED NEDACINE IN MASS.AND OTHER EASTERN STATES UNTIL 1878 WHEN HE WENT TO MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AIERICA TO PRACTICE HIS PROFESSION. RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA AND ENTERED UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DENTAL COLLEGE COMPLETING THE REQUIRED COURSE OF STUDY AND OPENED DENTAL OFFICES SAN FRANCISCO 1889 TO 1894 WHEN HE CAME TO ALAMEDA AND OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE 1400 BLOCK ON PARK ST.OVER THE OLD VOSBURGH HARDWARE STORE (SITE OF THE PRESENT WOOLWORTH BLDG.) WHERE HE PRACTICED UNTIL 1900, WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE ON ACCOUNT OF ILL HEALTH.
TOOK UP NEWSPAPER WORK IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR A FEW YEARS THEN RETURNED TO ALAMEDA WHERE HE DIED NOV. Ist 1924 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
DONATED TO ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY HIS, SON ARTHUR B. GORE, 1702 PARU ST. SEPT. 1957.
