Name/Title
Photo postcard of Eileen Knight, 1910Entry/Object ID
1997.118.27Description
ACC. NO. 97.118.27
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1910
OBJECT: POSTCARD
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD, UNCIRCULATED AND UNSIGNED.
SIZE: L 5-1/2" X W 3-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD OF EILEEN, DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN AND MRS G B (ELSIE) KNIGHT OF ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
EILEEN KNIGHT COLLECTION
DATE: MARCH 15, 1997Interpretative Labels
Label
Here Eileen is wearing a white sailor dress, likely with blue collar.
The Knight family moved from San Francisco to Alameda after the 1906 earthquake. Captain Knight was a Bay bar pilot and during WW II he was a commander in the U.S. Coast Guard. The family lived at various addresses in Alameda, and Eileen lived here for the rest of her life.
