Name/Title
End of WWII Times-Star, 1945Entry/Object ID
2023.43.20Description
Acc. No. 23.43.20 A, B, C
Subject Category: History of Alameda; World War II
Date or Period: 1945
Object: newspapers
Description: 3 newspaper sections, all including a logo with text in Gothic type stating ‘Alameda Times-Star’. A: April 14, 1945; B, C: May 7, 1945
Size: (each) L 23 x W 16 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Three editions of the Alameda Times-Star from 1945; signaling crucial points in world history of that year; A: Headlines ‘Berlin Fall eminent, Last Rites for F.D.R.’. Also ‘Three Alamedans Wounded’.B: Headline: ‘German Radio Claims: It’s Over’. Also frontlined: ‘Alameda sets V-E Day Church Rites’ and a piece about Makassar Straits Village due to open at the Alameda Naval Air Station. C: Second Extra edition, headlined ‘Victory won in Europe! Nazi Radio says Germans Give Up’.
Part of a collection of papers and photographs from an Alameda resident, donated by a sibling.
Acquired from: Anonymous
Donation Date: 11/19/2022; Catalog Date: 12/3/2023