Name/Title
Sample Thrift Declaration and War Stamp Savings Forms, 1919Entry/Object ID
2011.53.11Description
Accession No. 11.53.11 A, B, C
Subject Category: City of Alameda; WWI
Date or Period: 1919
Object: Forms
Description:
A, B: small forms, printed on tan (A) and grey-green paper card stock, with dark blue type, printed on both sides, with text and a few blanks on one side, and a table or grid on the other side.
Size: L 6 X W 4”
C. small form on salmon-colored paper card stock, with black type with one side having a postal card lay-out, with the address section stating ‘To the local POSTMASTER’.
Size: L 3 1/2” X W 5 1/2”
History of Object:
Unused or sample forms found among documents in the attic of City Hall, prior to renovations in the 1990s.
A, B: Thrift Declaration cards, to be signed as a statement of intent, and on the reverse, a table to log Thrift Investments, i.e. purchase of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps.
C: Postal card residents would send in to signal to the post office that they would buy Thrift and Savings-Stamps from the postman on Savings Day, Thursday.
Forms are held together with a teardrop-shaped paperclip.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: 9/24/11
