Name/Title
Minutes Thompson Hose Company #1, 1898-1904Entry/Object ID
1997.2.31Description
ACC. NO. 97.2.31
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1898 THRU 1904
OBJECT: MINUTES
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND LEDGER BOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN OF RED-, WHITE-, AND BLACK-COLORED PATTERN OF SWIRLS. ENTRIES ARE HANDWRITTEN. SEVERAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ARE ATTACHED TO SOME PAGES.
SIZE: L 12-3/4" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MINUTES OF THE THOMPSON HOSE COMPANY #1, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE WEBB AVENUE FIRE HOUSE, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED, AND IS THE PRESENT SITE OF THE ALAMEDA BRANCH OF THE BANK OF AMERICA PARKING LOT. THE DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, GEORGE T MORRIS, WAS A MEMBER OF THAT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DATE: JANUARY 4, 1997