Name/Title
Photos California Gold Rush Centennial celebration, 1949Entry/Object ID
1995.224.1Description
Acc. No. 95.224.1 (a-e)
Subject Category: Celebrations & Parades
Date or Period: 1949
Object: Photographs
Description: Glossy black/white photos, all unmounted except (a), which is on brown wrapping paper. Photographer unknown. Descriptive labels affixed to images (a), (c), and (d).
Size: (a), (b), (c), (e): L-8 x W–10 in; (d): L-7 1/2 x W-9 1/2 in.
History of Object: Various activities connected with the California Gold Rush Centennial celebration in Alameda: (a) spectators (including a dog) watch the approaching parade on a street off Park St., (b) group of costumed square dancers performing, (c) "whiskereno" contestants, (d) another view of the "whiskereno" contestants, (e) group of children in Centennial Parade as it crosses Santa Clara St. along Park St.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 9/16/95
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.