Name/Title
By-Laws for the Encinal Savings Bank, 1893Entry/Object ID
1997.509.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.509.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BANKS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1893
OBJECT: BY - LAWS
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK OR LEDGER, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM, TRIMMED IN MAROON-COLORED LEATHER ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. COVER HAS INCISED GOLD CAPTION, "BY-LAWS, ENCINAL SAVINGS BANK." CONTENTS ARE HANDWRITTEN IN INK.
SIZE: L 13-1/2" X. W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BY-LAWS FOR THE ENCINAL SAVINGS BANK, NORTHEAST CORNER OF SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND PARK STREET, LATER ABSORBED BY THE CITIZENS BANK OF ALAMEDA ABOUT 1894. THE TITLE PAGE HAS THE SIGNATURES OF PROMINENT ALAMEDA RESIDENTS WHO WERE STOCKHOLDERS IN THE BANK. BY-LAWS WERE GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, NUMBERED "178-X" AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DR HAROLD WARD
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
