Name/Title
Post Office rubber stamps, Ca. 1900sEntry/Object ID
1981.153.1Description
Acc. No. 81.153.1 A & B
Subject Category: Post Office
Date or period: Circa 1900's
Object: Rubber stamps
Description: Two rubber stamps mounted on wood backing 6"x5".
Have wooden handles, which are ebonized, metal stamps are nickel plated. A: Right model dated Patent, March 17, 1903. B: Left one says Patent 1899.
History of Object: These old fashioned rubber date stamps used in the 1900’s in the Alameda Post Office.
Acquired from: Ford Samuel
Date: 1954Interpretative Labels
Label
3/13/2020 MvL: current general label in cabinet:
POST OFFICE
Early objects used at the
Alameda Post Office
including emblems that
would be attached to
the postmen's caps.
