Name/Title
Annual Police Department Report, 1958, 1959Entry/Object ID
2024.28.8Description
Acc. No. 24.28.8 A, B
Subject Category: City, Police Department
Date or Period, 1958-1959
Object: booklets
Description: Booklets, stapled underneath black buckram spine, with cover of card stock - grey for 1958, yellow for 1959. Printed in black type: Annual Report of the Police Department / Alameda / California. Decorative design of graduating horizontal lines. Each has a sticker stating 'Alameda Collection' and on back, a crossed-through bar code from the Alameda Free Library. Also each has been stamped, and labeled in pencil. First page has stamp in red with 'Withdrawn'.
Size: L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches
History of Object: Alameda City Police Department Annual Reports for the 1958 and 1959 calendar years. Prepared by City Manager, H. D. Weller, and Chief of Police, Floyd E. Drake. Reports give information about crimes, arrests, staffing and salaries, and a survey of motor vehicle accidents. The 1958 report includes mention of a movie made of a 'drunk in auto'.
These were superfluous copies from the Alameda Free Library Alameda Collection.
Acquired from: Alameda Public Library reference desk
Donation Date: 2/26/2022; Catalog Date: 3/29/2026