Name/Title
Photo of Racheal Clinton, c. 1911Entry/Object ID
1994.42.3Description
Acc. No. 94.42.3
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1911
Object: Photograph
Description: Hand tinted photograph which appears to be accentuated with water colors and/or chalk. Signed on the reverse side "V. Valiquette", 2900 Adeline St., Oakland, Cal.
Size: L-15 1/2" x W-9 1/4"
History of Object: Portrait of Racheal, wife of Lee Clinton and mother of Ida Clinton, early African-American residents of Alameda. Born in North Carolina, Rachel married Lee in 1886. They came to Alameda in 1889. She was a widow by 1906. She purchased property at 1525 Morton St. in 1912, where she lived until her death in February 1936. The house was later occupied by her daughter and various descendants.
Acquired from: Albert Stefani,
Date: 11-19-1994Interpretative Labels
Label
7/12/2020 MvL: current label in display cabinet:
EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA
Photographs and other objects from the Clinton family that settled here in 1889. In 1912 they purchased their own residence on Morton St.
