H4427.1

Christening dress. Description: coat, dress and slip worn in 1906 at St. Columbus church San Pablo Ave., Oakland, Calif. worn by donor in the year of her birth. Donor's father came to S.F. in the 1880s after making two round the world trips on sailing vessels. Settled here, marrying and moving to Oakland several years before 1906 This could have been a christening dress. (Colleen Callahan, 11/17/1993) (D. Cooper, 5/2002) The yellow pages lists St. Columbus Church at 6401 San Pablo Ave.

Used: St. Columbus Church ~ Oakland | Evelyn Danis | Infant | Female | Golden Gate neighborhood

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