Name/Title
Album, PhotographEntry/Object ID
1999.010.0001Description
Photo album originally belonging to Allerta Ives (04/1884 - 05/31/1954) of Benicia. Contains mostly pictures of owner's family and friends, but also contains some views of Benicia. Alberta Ives father was Edward H Ives (1858/1863) who in 1900 was a professional studio photographer in Benicia (EH Ives Art Studio). Alberta worked as a teacher in Alameda before marrying Walter M Christie about 1913.
The photo album came from a man in Hadlyme, CT. He sent it to Marilyn O'Rourke, mayor of Benicia in 1989. She then passed it on to the Museum. (See attached letter from the original donor in Hadlyme.)Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
