Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1932, Volume 1Entry/Object ID
1997.490.11Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.11
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1932
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE. BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION STATES, "THE WHOPPER SCRAP BOOK," IN YELLOW-COLORED BACKGROUND. TYPEWRITTEN CAPTION ON COVER, "CITY OF ALAMEDA EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, FEBRUARY 1932, VOLUME #1." ADDITIONAL NUMBER "71."
SIZE: L 15-1/2" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, CITY OF ALAMEDA. MR MAYNARD SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING PEOPLE TO LOCATE EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN CITY HALL. MR MAYNARD RESIDED ON ENCINAL AVENUE, ALAMEDA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL; HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ELKS' LODGE. THIS COLLECTION WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997