Name/Title
Documents regarding Street improvements and curbing, 1921-1925Entry/Object ID
2011.67.8Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.67.8 A, B
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1921-1925
Object: Folders, file
Description: Acid free legal size manila file folders with documents.
A. Folder tab says “Curbing - Construction of Concrete".
B. Folder tab says "Sidewalks"
L 14 3/4" X W 9"
History of Object:
Documents found in the attic of City Hall.
A. 1921-1923: includes several specifications for street curbing, a list of streets that will be curbed, and Affidavits of publication and other correspondence for streets. Also includes one protest, 1921, on stationery of Dow Pump and Diesel Engine Co., General offices and Works, Alameda, Calif. (signed: Geo. Dow Estate Co.).
B. 1921-1925, documents reflecting the decision to improve Versailles Ave., which ran into a snag because of difficulties in handling the Estate of Emily Gibbons Cohen, resulting ultimately in threats for public domain action.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Cataloged: October 15, 2011