Name/Title
Frank Corbelli Album 2Entry/Object ID
Photo AlbumScope and Content
This album of photos may have belonged to Marguerite Reis Corbelli, the wife of Frank M. Corbelli, a club member from 1921 to about 1934. Earliest date of photos seems to be 1917.
Hard cover photo album with brown cloth cover, and metal bar and posts for binding. Dark brown reinforcement on corners of opening end on front and back covers.
Album 2 contains 56 pages of photos of activities in and around the bay and elsewhere in California, including photos of the boat Bonita, picnics, fishing, parks, the waterfront, downtown San Francisco, Yosemite, and a few photos of Waikiki.
Album also includes photos of Dolphin Club members, families, and rowing. Some of these the photos are cataloged individually in the Photographs folder for their historic value and quality.
There are captions on some of the photos in this album. There are a good number of photos taken from the boathouse looking out over the pier, and some from the top floor of the boathouse looking over the bay. In addition there are several of the annual initiation picnic and of members in costume to meet King Neptune. Two photos of winners 1922 Golden Gate Swim.
Entry includes PDF of all 56 scanned pages.
See also Frank Corbelli Album I.Archive Details
Archive Notes
Earliest caption says 1920.
Cataloged by Morgan Kulla 11/16/21Dimensions
Dimension Description
Thickness: 3 1/4 in thick at bound end.Height
6-1/8 inWidth
9 inLocation
Location
Room
Archive Storage in Swag RoomDate
July 21, 2024Notes
In archive storage box, second metal rack, middle shelf with Corbelli 1 album.Condition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
October 19, 2024Acquisition
Acquisition Method
DonationDate
2016Acquired From
Frank Corbelli Albums I and IIResearch Notes
Notes
Frank M Corbelli was born in CA on Dec 11, 1901. His parents were born in Italy. He was a commercial artist or designer. Frank died Aug 6, 1991. There was no obituary. He is buried with his parents and wife in the Italian Cemetery in Colma.
Frank married Marguerite Reis in 1922. She was born in 1901 in France and immigrated in 1907. She died Nov 25 1970. Her obituary appeared on page 25 of the SF Chronicle, Saturday Nov 28, 1970.
