Name/Title
Papers to and from Board of Education, about laying cornerstone City Hall, 1895Entry/Object ID
2002.102.1Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 02.102.1 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ALAMEDA CITY HALL
DATE OR PERIOD: 1895
OBJECTS: A. INVITATION
B. LETTER (ATTACHED)
DESCRIPTION:
INVITATION AND HANDWRITTEN LETTER IN SEPIA-COLORED INK ON STATIONERY WITH PRINTED HEADING, "OFFICE OF CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, BEN F LAMBORN, CITY CLERK." ATTACHED LETTER BORE THE HEADING, "BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF ALAMEDA," IN BLUE-COLORED TYPE ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND. LETTER MESSAGE WAS TYPEWRITTEN.
HISTORY OF OBJECTS:
A. HANDWRITTEN INVITATION TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CITY OF ALAMEDA, REQUESTING THEIR PRESENCE AT 1:00 O'CLOCK IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON MAY 16, 1895. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS WERE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE AND CELEBRATION OF THE ALAMEDA CITY HALL. LETTER WAS SIGNED BY BEN F LAMBORN, CITY CLERK.
B. LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF ALAMEDA, DATED MAY 5, 1939, ADDRESSED TO CHARLES SCHWANENBERG, CITY MANAGER, PRESENTING HIM WITH THE 1895 INVITATION FOR LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF CITY HALL. LETTER WAS SIGNED BY WILLIAM G PADEN, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 19, 2002
