Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by John J. Brick, city and library trustee, 1897Entry/Object ID
1997.411.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.411.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA; CITY GOVERNMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1897
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND VOLUME, WITH COVER DESIGN OF A FADED MULTICOLORED PATTERN. SPINE OF BLACK-COLORED LEATHER.
SIZE: L 12" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY JOHN J BRICK, WHO WAS A LIBRARY TRUSTEE, CITY TRUSTEE, AND PRESIDENT OF THE CITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN 1899. CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THE WATER COMPANY, CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT, BROCHURE CONCERNING ALAMEDA CITY HALL, AND A FLIER FROM 1894 FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALAMEDA CITY HALL. ALBUM, NUMBERED "19," WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1911 AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 1997
