Name/Title
Assessor's Block Books, 1894Entry/Object ID
1997.388.3Description
ACC. NO. 97.388.3 A thru D
SUBJECT CATEGORY: LAND; HOMES OF ALAMEDA; CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1894
OBJECT: BLOCK BOOKS
DESCRIPTION:
SET OF FOUR VOLUMES OF HARD-BOUND BLOCK BOOKS, WITH COVERS OF DARK BROWN BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED LEATHER. SPINES CONTAIN INCUSED GOLD LETTERING, "BLOCK BOOK, 1894." INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES NUMBERED AND MARKED, "ALAMEDA COUNTY AND ALAMEDA CITY."
A. BOOK #20
B. BOOK #21
C. BOOK #22
D. BOOK #23.
CENTRAL CAPTIONS ON COVERS IN GOLD LETTERING, "ALAMEDA."
SIZE: L 18" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SERIES OF FOUR BLOCK BOOKS FOR 1894, CITY OF ALAMEDA, INDICATING PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, DIMENSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS, AND WHETHER IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO INDIVIDUAL PARCELS. 1894 RECORDS PERTAIN TO 1893 INFORMATION.
ACQUIRED FROM:
CITY OF OAKLAND, CA
CATALOGED: AUGUST 9, 1997