Name/Title
Ledger used as a scrapbook about the Alameda Fire Department, 1911-1933Entry/Object ID
1997.445.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.445.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1911 - 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND INVOICE LEDGER BOOK, WITH COVER OF PALE GREY COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN BLACK.
SIZE: L 16" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
LEDGER BOOK THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR A SCRAPBOOK, CONTAINING NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE PERIOD 1911 TO 1933. SOME CLIPPINGS ARE ILLUSTRATED. THERE ARE CLIPPINGS CONCERNING DISASTROUS PARK STREET FIRE IN 1920, ARTICLES REFERRING TO OTHER ALAMEDA FIRES, DEDICATION OF NEW FIRE HOUSES, ETC. ALBUM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY THE LATE FIRE CHIEF, WALTER T STEINMETZ. ALBUM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "54," AND NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS WALTER T STEINMETZ
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
