Name/Title
Steel engraving print of Charles Lee Tilden, before 1950Entry/Object ID
2001.10.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.10.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: BEFORE 1950
OBJECT: ENGRAVING
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE ENGRAVING, UNDER GLASS. GLASS IS SECURED TO CARDBOARD BACKING WITH TAN-COLORED PAPER TAPE.
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
STEEL ENGRAVING OF THE LATE CHARLES LEE TILDEN, PROMINENT ALAMEDA CITIZEN. A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR TILDEN CAN BE FOUND IN THE BOOK ENTITLED, "HISTORY OF ALAMEDA," VIGNESS, 1939.
ENGRAVING WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1952 AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL TODAY, JANUARY 20, 2001.
DONOR: MR. C. L. TILDEN, JR.
CATALOGED: JANUARY 20. 2001Interpretative Labels
Label
10/14/2020 MvL: 3 labels glued to the back.
Bottom one glued with glue) seems to be a newer version (white, possibly better quality paper) than the first. Contents:
01.10.1
MAJOR CHARLES LEE TILDEN. BORN JULY 17th 1857. DIED NOV 12th 1950. MAJOR TILIEN FOUNDED AND WAS CHOSEN FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK IN 1934. A POSITION HE KEPT UNTIL DECEMBER 1948, WHEN HE RESIGNED BECAUSE OF OLD AGE. HE STILL REMAINED ACTIVE UNTIL OCTOBER 31st, 1950. A BUST OF MAJ OR TILLEN WAS UNVEILED AT A CEREMONY IN TILDEN REGIONAL PARK ON HIS NINETY THIRD BIRTHDAY, JULY 20th, 1950,
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Third label is an old Alemeda Historical Society label. Contents:
Major Charles Lee Tilden,
Born July 17th 1857 Died November 12th I950
Mr.C.L.Tilden Jr.
Donor -
Sept. 1952
