Name/Title
Folder with Miscellaneous City documents (#1801-1850), 1911-1918Entry/Object ID
2011.36.11Description
Acc. No. 11.36.11
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1911-1918
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with documents, which are numbered on the back with a stamp or handwritten number, and a stamp ‘Filed’, with a date, and signed by “F. E. Browning” or “T.C. Coughlin” (in 1913) in some cases the stamp has additionally: “CITY CLERK OF ALAMEDA”. Numbers range from 1801-1850.
Size: L 14 1/2” X W 9”
History of Object
Miscellaneous documents from / to the council and/or mayor of Alameda, started during tenure of City Clerk F.E. Browning (with later additions), found in the attic of City Hall during remodeling in the 1990s. Documents in this folder relate to: Complaints about train whistles and bells (Item 1837, 1835; Item 1835 includes a letter from J. T. Hardin, Notary Public, Real Estate, and Insurance, 1827 Encinal); Item 1817 - installing of phone system for the Fire Department; Item 1824 - publication in Daily Argus of Improvement Act for Electroliers (with on back news article about a picnic of the Moose Lodges); Item 1834 - Commentary by Alaska Packers Association, S.F., about proposed road improvements on Clement Ave and sewer construction, and opening of Atlantic Boulevard (includes signature of Henry H. Meyers as Secretary of the Advisory City Planning Commission). For Item 1847 - see 11.36.12.
Acquired from: city of Alameda
Date: July 30, 2011