Silver, 34 mm, 17.17 gm
AWARDED TO / Jos. Clark / 1891 (Joseph Clark)

This medal is missing the ribbon attachment loop and is heavily scratched.
The Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and County of San Francisco for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1891 lists a "Jos. Clark" as one of the Bridge Medal Pupils, Eleventh Award, May 1891, at the Hearst Grammar School. The Hearst Grammar School was located at Hermann and Fillmore Streets in San Francisco then.
It closed in 1976.
A Joseph Peter Clark filled out a World War I draft registration card.
He indicated that he was born April 1874, living on Polk Street, San Francisco, and was married to Lillian. The birth year of 1874 meant that he was 17 years old when he was awarded the medal in 1891. This was not unusual as many boys had to attend school and also work. He and Lillian (or Lillie) had various addresses in San Francisco, in 1960 he was a boilermaker for the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point) and lived in a house on Silver avenue.