Folder with Miscellaneous invoices for City purchases, 1931-1935

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Folder with Miscellaneous invoices for City purchases, 1931-1935

Entry/Object ID

2012.7.9

Scope and Content

Accession No. 12.7.9 Subject Category: City of Alameda Date or Period: 1931-1935 Object: File Folder Description: Acid-free, legal size manila file folder with documents, various colors and sizes. Size: L 14 3/4” X W 9”. History of Object: Folder with documents, found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s, in a folder, discarded in 2011, marked ‘Misc. Business Invoices’. The invoices relate to purchases, mostly by H. O. Maynard, for the Unemployment/ Employment Bureau or Unemployment Relief Committee, and include stationery or receipts or cancelled (used) checks of local businesses of the time: Alameda Journal; Vosburgh Hardware; Woolworth; Harold Hovet; Commercial National Bank, (including a cash book for the Unemployment Relief Fund); Jas. D. Faden; N.O. Ford; Santa Clara Ave. Cyclery; Bank of Italy; Bank of America; Alameda Repair & Supply Co.; Barker’s; Elster Printing Company; Alameda Times Star. Acquired from: City of Alameda Cataloged: February 18, 2012