Name/Title
Bound Correspondence with Chief of Police, 1903-1904Entry/Object ID
1997.392.2Description
ACC. NO. 97.392.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POLICE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1903-1904
OBJECT: ALBUM - CORRESPONDENCE
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND ALBUM, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN BLACK-COLORED LEATHER. SPINE HAS CAPTION IN GOLD LETTERING, STATING, "LETTERS."
SIZE: L 12" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE, JOHN CONRAD (JOSEPH?), ALAMEDA CHIEF OF POLICE, 1903 AND 1904. CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNS ACTIVITIES OF THE POLICE FORCE, MISSING PERSONS, THEFTS, ISSUANCE OF PEDDLERS' LICENSES, ETC. ALBUM WAS PRESENTED IN MAY OF 1956 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ORIGINALLY NUMBERED "52X." THE SOCIETY MADE NO RECORD OF THE DONOR.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 9, 1997
