Name/Title
Newspaper Clipping re groundbreaking of West End Post Office, 1949Entry/Object ID
1996.339.8Description
ACC. NO. 96.339.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1949
OBJECT: CLIPPING
DESCRIPTION:
ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, WITH CAPTION.
SIZE: L 7-1/4" x W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, DATED JUNE 22, 1949, DEPICTING GROUNDBREAKING OF THE WEST END POST OFFICE SITE, ALAMEDA BRANCH, ON WEBSTER STREET BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND TAYLOR STREET. FORD, THEN POSTMASTER, IS PICTURED TURNING A SHOVEL OF EARTH AT THE CEREMONIES HELD THAT DAY.
ACQUIRED FROM:
FORD E SAMUEL COLLECTION
DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1996