Name/Title
History of Alameda Fire Department, by Thomas Lane, unpublished, in wooden cover, 1956Entry/Object ID
1997.437.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.437.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1876 - 1933
OBJECT: ALBUM, HISTORY
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND LOOSE-LEAF HISTORY. COVER APPEARS TO BE HAND-MADE OF A BLONDE-COLORED HARDWOOD THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLY VARNISHED. COVER DESIGN OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPH. INCISED CAPTION, "ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT," ON COVER. TEXT TYPEWRITTEN ON BROWN COLORED PAPER.
SIZE: L 11" X W 12-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NARRATIVE ENTITLED, "HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT," BY CHIEF THOMAS M LANE. INTRODUCTORY PAGE IS DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1956, AND SIGNED BY THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF. ALBUM WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "61-X," AND NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997
