Copper Plaque from old Alameda High School, 1925

Name/Title

Copper Plaque from old Alameda High School, 1925

Entry/Object ID

1974.10.1

Description

ACC. NO. 74.10.1 SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, ALAMEDA DATE OR PERIOD: 1925 OBJECT: COPPER PLAQUE, ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL DESCRIPTION: COPPER PLAQUE. SIZE: 6½" X 5½" HISTORY OF OBJECT: COPPER PLAQUE TAKEN FROM THE OLD ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, ERECTED IN 1902. CORNER CENTRAL AVENUE AND WALNUT STREET. INSCRIBED WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING CORNER STONE OF THE BUILDING, AND A LIST OF BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS FOR 1902 & 1925. ACQUIRED FROM: ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL DATE: JUNE 8, 1974 INFORMATION ON COPPER PLAQUE: ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL COPIED: DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS PLAQUE LIES THE ORIGINAL CORNER-STONE, PLACED THERE BY THE ALAMEDA BOARD OF EDUCATION A.D. 1902. AT THE TIME OF REMODELING A.D.1925 THE CORNER-STONE WAS NOT DISTURBED. THE NEW CORNER-STONE LIES 500 FEET TO THE EAST ON THE NORTH-EAST CORNER OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE. BOARD OF EDUCATION 1902 -- BOARD OF EDUCATION 1925 FRANK OTIS, PRESIDENT J. B. LANKTREE, PRESIDENT W. K. SCOTT DAVID E. GRAVES C. A. BROWN HELEN A. CROSS E. M. KEYS GEORGE S. WILLIAMS R. J. SLOAN H. D. MAYNARD CHARLES C. HUGHES Wm. G. PADEN SUPT. OF SCHOOLS. SUPT. OF SCHOOLS CARL WERNER WILFRED N. BALL ARCHITECT SUPT. OF CONSTRUCTION