Name/Title
Sidewalk Diagram for Lafayette Street, 1879Entry/Object ID
2009.18.2Description
ACC. NO. 09.18.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1879
OBJECT: PLANS
DESCRIPTION:
HAND-DRAWN DIAGRAMS, WITH CAPTIONS, "LAFAYETTE, UNION STREETS." ACCENTUATED WITH WATER COLOR AND HANDWRITTEN NOTES IN SEPIA-COLORED INK.
SIZE: L 19-1/2" X W 29"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A DRAWN DIAGRAM OF SIDEWALK AND CROSSWALK PROJECTS TO BE LOCATED ON LAFAYETTE STREET BETWEEN ENCINAL AND CENTRAL AVENUES. HANDWRITTEN NOTE STATES, "THIS DIAGRAM WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ALAMEDA BY A VOTE OF THE SAID BOARD AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MARCH 18, 1879, AND SIGNED BY JOHN ELLSWORTH, CLERK OF SAID BOARD." BEFORE 1907, THE CITY OF ALAMEDA WAS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MR. ELLSWORTH WOULD LATER BECOME A CITY JUDGE.
DONOR: CITY OF ALAMEDA
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 14, 2009