Name/Title
ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
2011.099.0034Scope and Content
Large scrapbook of newspaper articles and photographs mostly concerning the Old Timer's Celebrations in Benicia from 1935 through 1941 (a listing of contents is in the research file 5/C2/2.1)
The items are glued into a salesman's book (blue cover/brown spine)
M. Born & Company established 1876 "The oldest and largest Wholesale Tailors in the World" Spring & Summer 1931
on some pages drawings/illustrations of men's clothing and descriptions of the items can be seen between the glued in articles. Some of the articles are out of date order and others are glued in upside down.
The book is 18" x 20" with 30 doubled sided pages and has a stiff, clear, mylar-type of plastic cover
Some subjects of interest:
Old Timers' Celebrations
Solano Hotel
Old Timers' Baseball Games
Monument at corner First and West G
Historical Pilgrimages
Marker for Mills College
Fire Houses
Ripsom House
Hotel Anderson
Quinn Grocery
Pine Grocery
Wilson & Wilson
Rankin Grocery
St. Augustine's
St. Mary of the Pacific
Public Cafe
Volunteer Fire Fighters
Yuba
Rex Spray
McKay Tannery
Kullman Salz
Benicia Canning Co.
Hastings' Folly
Monument/Marker to John Heenan
Conception Arguello
Cannery Fire
Wharf at Arsenal
Monument/Marker to Jack London
Baseball - Wilson & Wilson
Majestic Theater scheduleCollection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
