Name/Title
Fire Department - Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 Constitution and By-Laws, 1876Entry/Object ID
1973.13.8Description
ACC. NO. 73.13.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPT.
DATE OR PERIOD: 1876
OBJECT: BOOK, CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
DESCRIPTION: BLACK HARD BOUND NOTE BOOK.
SIZE: 8" X 9½"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CITIZENS HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1. ALAMEDA, CALIF. ADOPTED, OCT 2, 1876. AMENDED, MAY 5, 1887. THIS BOOK HAS GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE FOR IT CONTAINS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST ORGANIZED FIRE COMPANY IN ALAMEDA. PAGES 46 THROUGH 52, CONTAIN SIGNATURES OF COMPANY MEMBERS, (SOME PROMINENT IN ALAMEDA HISTORY).
ACQUIRED FROM: ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE: AUG 18, 1973
