The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments
Publisher
James Pott & Company
(1871 - 1912)
Date1891
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 2 5/16 in. (10.2 x 5.9 cm)
ClassificationsBooks & Manuscripts
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Dr. Sarah Louise Cook
Object numberPC1972.18.77
DescriptionBook, Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, printed by C. J. Clay & Sons, at the University Press. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. The Cook family bible, with genealogy on inside front cover, published by James Pott & Company. ink, paper, cotton batting. 862 pages. 5 unnumbered documents enclosed within bible. Inside Cover reads "Merry Christmas to Inez M. Bliss from Mari(anne?), Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 25th, 1891, in pencil on black paper (difficult to read).
Page opposite title page reads in pen:
John M. Cook
Born June 18th, 1878 in Waco. Texas
Inez M. Cook
Born June 10th 1877
in Plattsburg N.Y.
Sarah Louise Cook
Born Dec 19th 1906
in La Junta Colo
Zenas Dee Cook
Born June 28th 1913
at Albuquerque N.M.
Coira May Cook
Born June 28th 1918
at Albuquerque N.M.
On View
Not on viewTerms
ca. 1950
August 8, 1967
August 1979
Kenneth Carlisle Marthey
1952