Scrapbook

Object/Artifact

-

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Scrapbook

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.20

Description

A brown, leather-bound scrapbook. The cover is elaborately decorated, and depicts a bouquet of red flowers and a portrait of a woman in a fancy blue dress. Inside, there are a wide variety of pasted images, mostly depicting, illustrations of toys, children, and flowers. There are also 12 loose postcards, sent to a variety if people in a variety of locations, but mostly in St. Paul, Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois, and Oregon.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

1876 - 1908

Notes

The back cover of the scrapbook indicates 1876, while the dates on the postcards are from the early 1900s.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Back cover

Transcription

PAT. MARCH 1876

Language

English

Material/Technique

Embossed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scrapbook

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

10-5/8 in

Depth

1 in

Length

12-5/8 in

Material

Paper, Leather

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Exhibition

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 1