Name/Title
Marble plaque in memory of Curtis Anderson, Housing Authority, c. 1955Entry/Object ID
2009.29.1Description
Acc. No. 09.29.1
Subject Category: Alameda Housing Authority
Date or Period: c. 1955
Object: Marble plaque
Description: Black colored marble plaque with engraved message: "In Memory Curtis Anderson Executive Director Apr. 1941- Dec. 1943. He loved life and his fellow man."
Size: L-9 3/4 x W-9 1/4 inches.
History of Object: A marble plaque dedicated in memory of Mr. Curtis Anderson, the first executive director of the Alameda Housing Authority. It was removed from the flagstaff in front of the main office and donated to him by the war time tenants of the housing tract. (Note: this plaque was donated to the Alameda Museum in April, 1956, as part of our original collection, but it was never cataloged.)
Acquired from: Clarence Elliott
04/18/09Interpretative Labels
Label
11/15/2020 MvL: Tag states:
09.29.1
Plaque: marble
In memory of
Curtis Anderson,
Executive Director
Apr. 1941-Dec. 1943
