Name/Title
Photos of Edith Herrick Cohen, c. 1890-1949Entry/Object ID
2017.28.2Description
Acc. No. 17.28.2 (A-F)
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c 1890-1949
Object: Photos (3), digital, and print-outs
Description: Digital photos of Edith Herrick and print-outs of same
A. JPEG file of Photo portrait of Edith Herrick wearing a hat with ostrich feathers and supporting her head with her hand. Size:
B. JPEG file of Photo of Edith Herrick as a young woman, in a white dress with knotted swaths, and holding a fan, c. 1900.
C. JPEG file of Photo of Edith Herrick and her friend Amy Halse at Knottsberry Farm, Buena Park, June 15, 1949.
D, E, F: print outs of A, B, and C respectively on glossy photo paper,
Size: L 11 X W 8 1/2 inches, image size approx. L 7 X W 5 inches.
History of Object: Photos of New Zealander (with American relatives) Edith Elizabeth Herrick (1866-1958), second wife of Donald Cohen (1870-x), son of Alameda pioneer and estate-owner Alfred A. Cohen. The couple married in Modesto on June 9, 1926, only 6 months after the death of Donald's first wife, without informing friends or family. Edith went back to New Zealand after the death of Donald (1943), taking various Cohen heirlooms, saved from the fire that destroyed the Fernside mansion, with her.
Acquired from: Laraine Sole,
New Zealand
Date: 07/22/17
Cataloged: 10/1/2020
