Name/Title
Post Office Sengbusch No. 51 Ink Stand, 1930Entry/Object ID
1981.148.1Description
Acc. No. 81.148.1
Subject Category: Post office
Date or period: 1930
Object: Inkwell
Description: Thick glass ink font, with screw plastic top (black).
Manufactured by "Sengbusch, U.S.A." incised on the back top.
Size: Measures: Height 3" Circum. 3".
History of Object: This ink stand was used in one of the first post offices in Alameda.
Acquired from; Mr. K. B. Key
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL: current generic post-office related label:
POST OFFICE
Early objects used at the
Alameda Post Office
including emblems that
would be attached to
the postmen's caps.
