Name/Title
Scrapbook about the Fire Department, 1896-1906Entry/Object ID
1997.444.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.444.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896 - 1906
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH A VERY WORN AND FADED COVER.
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK OF PAPER CLIPPINGS CONCERNING ACTIVITIES OF THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, FROM 1896 THROUGH 1906. INCLUDED ARE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CONCERNING THE BURNING OF THE LINDERMAN OPERA HOUSE ON CENTRAL AND PARK AVENUES, AND THE COHEN MANSION (FERNSIDE), BOTH DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1897. INCLUDED ARE MANY CLÍPPINGS CONCERNING FIRES IN THE COMMUNITY. SCRAPBOOK COVERS THE PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PAID FIREMEN. BOOK ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "15," AND NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS WALTER T STEINMETZ
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
