Name/Title
Pens from the Alameda Post Office, Ca. 1912Entry/Object ID
1981.132.1Description
Acc. No. 81.132.1
Subject Category: Post Office
Date or period: Circa 1912
Object: Pens, ink
Description:
These pens have removable metal points one inch in length. Back painted handles. There are six in number tied with wires.
Size: These pens are seven and one-half inches in length.
History of Object: Pens used in the first post office in Alameda. (Probably referring to one that was constructed in 1911.)
Acquired from:
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL: current generic post-office related label:
POST OFFICE
Early objects used at the
Alameda Post Office
including emblems that
would be attached to
the postmen's caps.
