Name/Title
Porter School Entrance Light Fixture, Ca. 1916Entry/Object ID
1974.2.1Description
ACC. NO. 74.2.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1916
OBJECT: ORNAMENTAL LIGHT (PORTER SCHOOL)
DESCRIPTION: BLACK CAST IRON ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING FIXTURE, TOPPED BY GLASS SHADE.
SIZE: METAL HOLDER 32" LONG; GLASS SHADE 15"X14".
HISTORY OF OBJECT: REMOVED FROM PORTER SCHOOL, AFTER FIRE.
THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1916.
ACQUIRED FROM: CITY OF ALAMEDA, SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT
DATE: JAN 10, 1974
NOTE: THE FIXTURE IS ONE OF A PAIR, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR, AS YOU ENTERED PORTER SCHOOL.Interpretative Labels
Label
3/7/2020 MvL: Current label:
ORNAMENTAL LIGHT FIXTURE ONE OF A PAIR THAT ONCE FLANKED THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PORTER SCHOOL, ERECTED 1916. DONOR: CITY OF ALAMEDA 1974.
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