Folder with reports and maps about the 1920 Park Street fire

Archive

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Folder with reports and maps about the 1920 Park Street fire

Entry/Object ID

2011.62.17

Scope and Content

Accession No. 11.62.17 Subject Category: City of Alameda; Fire Dept. Date or Period: 1920 Object: File Folder Description: Acid-free legal size file folder with documents. Size folder: L 14 3/4” X W 9” History of Object: Reports and maps relating to the 1920 Park Street fire, including Fire Prevention reports with map, from 1910, and updated May 1920; Report Fire Protection Water Supply by City Engineer C.E. Hickok, statistics of the water pressure in January 1920 at the Webb fire station showing the effects of the broken water main; a map reflecting the position of the Oakland Fire Engines; and the official (undated) report on the conflagration, including a hand-colored map. Documents were found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s in an old folder, which was discarded in 2011 upon donation to the museum. Acquired from: City of Alameda Date Cataloged: 9/3/11