Name/Title
Yardstick advertising Garland Chevrolet, prior to 1964Entry/Object ID
2021.18.2Description
Acc. No. 21.18.2
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda
Date or Period: prior to 1964
Object: yardstick
Description: wooden yardstick, painted green, with lettering in black, on one side: ‘Garland Chevrolet Co. 2424 Santa Clara Ave. Alameda, Calif.‘ and on the other side; ‘more people buy Chevrolet than any other car’.
Size: L 36"
History of Object: Yardstick advertising the Carland Chevrolet on the corner of Park and Santa Clara, later the location of First National Bank of Alameda.
Alameda First National Bank was established in or before 1964, thus, this yardstick dates from before that time.
Yardstick was part of a mobile of such, with others dating from the 1950s.
Acquired from: unknown
Donated: before 2018
Catalog Date: 2/3/21
