Name/Title
Illustrated Directory of Oakland, 1896Entry/Object ID
1997.482.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.482.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896
OBJECT: DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF MAROON-COLORED BUCKRAM. COVER BORDER HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY WORM INFESTATION. COVER HAS CAPTION, WHICH IS ILLEGIBLE, IN GOLD COLOR.
SIZE: L 10-1/4" X W 14"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, PUBLISHED BY THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY COMPANY OF OAKLAND, CA, AUGUST, 1896. PAGES 62 AND 63 CONTAIN AN ILLUSTRATION OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE WEST SIDE OF PARK STREET BETWEEN CENTRAL AND SANTA CLARA AVENUES. PAGE 62 FEATURES A BLOCK, KNOWN AS "THE POST OFFICE BLOCK," CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND PARK STREET. BELOW THE ILLUSTRATION ARE NAMES OF THE BUSINESSES THAT OCCUPY INDIVIDUAL STORES. BOOK WAS GIVEN IN 1954 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NUMBERED "742," AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
FORD E SAMUEL
CATALOGED: AUGUST 30, 1997
