Name/Title
Sanborn Fire Department Alameda Insurance Maps, 1897Entry/Object ID
1974.13.1Description
ACC. NO. 74.13.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1897-?
OBJECT: BOOK, INSURANCE MAPS
DESCRIPTION: LARGE BOOK, CONTAINING MAPS. TAN COVER WITH RED VELVET LABEL WITH GOLD LETTERING: ‘ALAMEDA / CALIFORNIA’ and snaller: ‘SANBORN MAP COMPANY / NEW YORK’
SIZE: 26" X 221". 5" THICK.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: LARGE BOOK CONTAINING INSURANCE MAPS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.
USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED ON EACH LOT IN ALAMEDA, IN CASE OF FIRE.
THE BOOK WAS BEGUN IN 1897, AND UPDATED YEARLY.
ACQUIRED FROM: ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE: AUG 10, 1974
