Name/Title
Magazine page advertising BOYCO wheelbarrows, 1950sEntry/Object ID
2014.41.6Description
ACC. NO. 14.41.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1950's
OBJECT: PAGE, ADVERTISING
DESCRIPTION:
A PAGE THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM A . MAGAZINE, THE PAGE HAS A PHOTO-REPRODUCED PHOTO AND ILLUSTRATED TEXT IN BLACK-AND-YELLOW-COLORED TYPE .
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A MAGAZINE PAGE ADVERTISING. BOYCO, A DIVISION OF US STEEL PRODUCTS CO. THE BUSINESS WAS LOCATED AT 1849 OAK ST, ALAMEDA. THIS. PARTICULAR ADVERTISEMENT PERTAINS TO WHEELBARROWS.
DONOR: MR CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: MAY 31, 2014Interpretative Labels
Label
ALAMEDA INDUSTRIES
A collection of sheet metal containers
produced by the BOYCO MFG. CO.
Originally based in Los Angeles it expanded
operations in 1923 when it purchased
property and initiated construction of a
manufacturing plant in Alameda in 1926,
which was located in the 1800 block of Oak
Street. In 1939 it was bought by the United
States Steel Products Co., which continued
the manufacturing of sheet metal containers.
