Name/Title
Photo of Margaret Adeline Toye as a child, c. 1897Entry/Object ID
1993.14.1Description
ACC. NO. 93.14.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1897
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: ENLARGED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, ACCENTUATED WITH CHARCOAL. UNSIGNED.
SIZE: L 20" X W 16".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF MARGARET ADELINE TOYE AS A CHILD. MEMBER OF A PIONEER ALAMEDA FAMILY. ADELINE WAS THE DAUGHTER (ELDEST CHILD) OF FREDERICK W. (CONDUCTOR, S. P. CO.) AND OLIVE TOYE. SHE WAS BORN IN THE FAMILY RESIDENCE, 3210 ENCINAL AVENUE (HOUSE IS STILL STANDING). HER FATHER HAD THE HOUSE BUILT IN 1890. MR TOYE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM NOVA SCOTIA, AND MARRIED A BERKELEY GIRL, OLIVE TURNER, IN 1894. ADELINE WAS BORN IN 1895, AND DIED ON DECEMBER 3, 1992.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ESTATE OF ADELINE T COX
BILL COX
DATE: JULY 12, 1993
