Name/Title
Bound correspondence of John Conrad, Chief of Police, 1908Entry/Object ID
1997.392.4Description
ACC. NO. 97.392.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POLICE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1908
OBJECT: ALBUM - CORRESPONDENCE
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND VOLUME, WITH COVER OF BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM. SPINE HAS CAPTION, "LETTERS," IN INCISED GOLD LETTERING.
SIZE: L 12" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ALBUM CONTAINING CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO JOHN CONRAD, CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY OF ALAMEDA, CONCERNING POLICE ACTIVITIES, ETC., FOR THE YEAR 1908. SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE INCLUDES "MUG SHOTS" AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISSING PERSONS. VOLUME WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN MAY OF 1956, AND NUMBERED "54x." THE SOCIETY MADE NO RECORD OF THE DONOR'S NAME.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 9, 1997
