Name/Title
Thomas Brothers Block Book of Alameda, West Alameda, Volume A-1, c. 1924Entry/Object ID
1997.591.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.591.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: LAND; CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1924
OBJECT: BLOCK BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED CANVAS. COVER HAS INCISED LETTERING, FADED, WITH INSCRIPTION, "THOMAS BROTHERS BLOCK BOOK OF ALAMEDA, WEST ALAMEDA, VOLUME A-1."
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 15"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BLOCK BOOK PRODUCED BY THOMAS BROTHERS, SAN FRANCISCO, DEPICTING LAND AND PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE AREA OF BRYANT STREET WEST OF MAIN, TO CHESTNUT STREET. THE BOOK IS INDEXED ACCORDING TO TRACT NAMES. THE DONOR IS HUSBAND OF THE LATE PHYLLIS L MEHRTENS, DAUGHTER OF HELEN B AND CLIFFORD G MEHRTENS, OLD-TIME RESIDENTS OF THE WEST END OF ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
AARON R SPARGO
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 18, 1997
