Name/Title
Photo Albums compiled by the Alameda Chamber of Commerce, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
1997.271.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.271.1 A, B, C
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1940's
OBJECT: ALBUMS
DESCRIPTION:
SERIES OF THREE LOOSE-LEAF ALBUMS, WITH BLACK LEATHER COVERS. CONTENTS INCLUDE GLOSSY BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH INDIVIDUALLY TYPEWRITTEN DECORATIVE LABELS. COVER CAPTIONS IN INCISED GOLD PRINT, "ALAMEDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE."
L 10" X W 13-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION PRODUCED FOR THE ALAMEDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DEPICTING THE CITY IN THE 1940'. NUMEROUS STREETSCAPES INCLUDE PROMINENT BUILDINGS, ETC. ALSO INCLUDED ARE NAMES OF LOCAL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS (E.G., MS SAYLOR'S CANDIES + INDUSTRIES), WASHINGTON SCHOOL, ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION, ETC.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
DATE: JUNE 7, 1997
