Name/Title
Photos of construction of the 'Elks Shack', c. 1908Entry/Object ID
1997.644.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.644.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FRATERNAL ELKS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1908
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPHS
DESCRIPTION:
SERIES OF TWELVE SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHS MOUNTED ON WHITECOLORED TAG BOARD.
SIZE: L 22" X W 28"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELKS "SHACK."
THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS IN 1908, AND TOOK APPROXIMATELY ONE DAY. PHOTOGRAPH WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, GIVEN PRIOR TO 1971, AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 15, 1997
