Name/Title
City Hall's Hutchison Specialty Spool Wire Fastener, after 1919Entry/Object ID
1981.151.2Description
Acc. No. 81.151.2
Subject Category: City Hall
Date or period: After 1919
Object: Office Equipment
Description: The equipment is enclosed in black metal box 6½"X 6". depth is 3½". It has a nickel plated handle. And the front in incised with gold lettering stating: "Hutchison Spool Wire Fastener. Hutchison Office Specialities Co., Inc. New York. Patented March ll, 1919. Other patents pending." Instructions warn: "Do not operate machine without paper".
History of Object: Spool wire fastener made by Hutchison's Specialty C, N.Y. Patt. 1919. Used in City Hall of Alameda.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date: February 17, 1959Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: current label:
OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND GAS SHADES USED IN THE ALAMEDA CITY HALL.
The City Hall, designed in the Richardson "Romanesque" style by the San Francisco architectural firm of Percy & Hamilton, cost $56,884 to construct. The corner stone was laid May 16, 1895 and construction completed in 1896.
Donor:
City of Alameda