Name/Title
'New Historical Atlas of Alameda County', by Thompson & West, 1878Entry/Object ID
1997.248.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.248.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HISTORIES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1878
OBJECT: ATLAS
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM, WITH INCISED LETTERING IN GOLD, STATING "NEW HISTORICAL ATLAS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ILLUSTRATED. THOMPSON & WEST, 1878."
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ON PAGE 168 IS A CENSUS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, LISTING PIONEER RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, PLACES OF NATIVITY, AND DATES OF RESIDENTS' ENTRANCES INTO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ON PAGES 60 AND 61, A MAP OF ALAMEDA IS ILLUSTRATED. ON PAGE 23, A HISTORY OF ALAMEDA IN THAT PERIOD, AS WELL AS NAMES OF TOWN TRUSTEES, ETC. ARE INCLUDED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
BRUCE B CORDER
DATE: MAY 31, 1997
