Name/Title
Newspaper clippings and flyer about Main Library, Oak Street, 2006, 2016Entry/Object ID
2021.73.5Description
Acc. No. 21.73.5 A, B, C
Subject Category: Alameda Free Library
Date or Period: 2006
Object: Newspaper section
Description: A. 12-page section or Advertising Supplement to Hills Newspapers, on the Alameda Free Library Grand Opening. Front page is showing 2 different library buildings, in color, on a tan background with white margins, and in blue: ‘11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006’. Front has a stamp marked 'Vert. File'.
Size: L 12 1/2 x W 11 1/2 inches;
B. Flyer, featuring photos of the various departments and listing of the people involved in the construction and management of the Main Library.
Size: L 11 x 4 1/4"
C. Newspaper clipping from the Alameda Journal, page A9, September 16, 2016, featuring color photos of children in front of a building, titled 'A happy anniversary to the library.
Size: L 11 x W 10 3/4"
History of Object: A and B, Newspaper section and flyer about the opening of the new Main Library Building. C: article about 10-year anniversary. A includes articles about the Carnegie Library building, the history of the Board of the Library Foundation, Friends of the Library, an interview with Alameda's first professional librarian, Althea Hagemann, and advertisements, including of disappeared businesses, such as Harbor Bay Realty. Back page has an advertisement for Alameda Towne Centre, the name South Shore Center had briefly after a cosmetic upgrade, which lists further businesses that have since disappeared, such as Bon Voyage (closed 2020, because of Covid pandemic), Mervyn's, Waldenbooks, Beverly's, Anna's Linens, (all chain businesses closed earlier) and others. Objects were formerly part of the Library’s paper ephemera collection. Former Museum board member and school teacher Judith Lynch thought of the idea of having 10-year old children line up in front of the 10-year old library.
Acquired from: Alameda Free Library
Beth Sibley, Reference Desk Librarian
Donation Date: 7/30/2021
Catalog Date: 8/2/2021
