Name/Title
Post Office Sengbush Self-closing inkwell, Ca. 1910Entry/Object ID
1981.131.1Description
Acc. No. 81.131.1
Subject Category: Post Office
Date or period: Circa 1910
Object: Ink well
Description:
This glass ink well font with opening for ink pen, has "post office department" embossed on the glass font. On the collar it says "Sengbusch, Self-closing ink stand, Company, Milwaukee, Wisc. Made in U. S. A. Last patent Jan, 15, 1907"
History of Object: This ink stand was used in one of the first post offices in Alameda.
Acquired from: Mr. K. B. Key
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL: current generic post-office related label:
POST OFFICE
Early objects used at the
Alameda Post Office
including emblems that
would be attached to
the postmen's caps.
