Text / Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Scrapbook, 1922-1924

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Title: Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Scrapbook, 1922-1924
Contributing Institution: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Collection: California Revealed from Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Rights Information: Public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: This scrapbook primarily contains worldwide newspaper clippings documenting notable moments in the life of prominent Californian and philanthropist, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. A significant portion is dedicated to her founding of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco during the early 1920s, as well as her family and social circle.
Type: text
Format: Original
Scrapbook
Extent: 10 x 15 in.
200 Pages of 200
Identifier: csffam_000001
FAMSF Scrapbook Spreckels 1922-1924
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Subject: Friendship
Philanthropy
Spreckels Family
Spreckels, Alma de Bretteville, 1881-1968
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Duncan, Isadora
Rodin, Auguste
Time Period: 1922/1924
Place: San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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