Name/Title
Alameda First National Bank South Shore Office sponge, c. 1980Entry/Object ID
2024.45.9Description
Acc. No. 24.45.9
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, restaurants
Date or Period: c. 1998
Object: sponge
Description: Sponge, White, rectangular sponge. Front states 'We've Grown Again / South Shore Center Office / Alameda First National Bank / 2234 Otis Drive, Ph. 521-2424'. Object further has the color and design of a green $1 bill, and states 'DROP THIS BILL IN WATER - WATCH IT GROW!'.
Size: L 5 1/2" x W 2 1/4"
History of Object: Sponge advertising the South Shore branch office in the South Shore shopping center, c. 1980s. Alameda First National Bank was established in 1964, headquartered at 2424 Santa Clara Ave., and merged with U.S. Bank of California in 1997. The South Shore branch office closed after the merger and was demolished; the address now (2024) applies to a Gas Station, operated by Safeway.
Donated by: Justin Isaac
Donation Date: 9/2/2023; Catalog Date: 5/20/2024
