Name/Title
Photos of Carol Hamilton wearing a costume, and clipping, 1932Entry/Object ID
2017.37.33Description
Acc. No. 17.37.33 A, B, C
Subject Category: Schools of Alameda, Washington School
Date or Period: 1932
Object: Photographs with newspaper clipping
Descriptions:
A - A glossy black and white photograph, unmounted and unsigned
Size: L-7” x W-5”
B - A newspaper clipping of the same photograph.
Size: L-6 1/4” x 4”
C - hand-colored photo under glass with wooden frame that has an antique finish.
Size: L-7” x W-3 3/4”
History of Object:
A. A photograph of Carol Hamilton, age 12, clad wearing a colonial style costume in an impersonation of Martha Washington.
B. Clipping
C. A photograph of Carol Hamilton wearing a colonial costume portraying Martha Washington at an event in 1932 at Washington School. This photo was framed at Piatt's on Park Street.
Carol was the daughter of Carolyn Hamilton Heche and the great granddaughter of W. W. Chipman, co-founder of the City of Alameda.
Acquired from: Shari Matson,
Date: 11/17/2017Interpretative Labels
Label
2/1/2021 MvL: label on the backing:
'Carolyn Hamilton
Washington School
1932, age 12
in Colonial Costume as Martha Washington
