Name/Title
Documents about purchase of Crook property for Franklin Park, 1929-1933Entry/Object ID
2011.57.17Description
Accession No. 11.57.17
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1929-1933
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid free legal size manila file folder with documents held together at the top with a metal clip.
Size: L 14 3/4" x W 9"
History of Object:
Documents found in City Hall attic during remodel in the 1990s, placed in a new folder after donation to the museum in 2011. Tab of original folder (now discarded) stated: "Acquisition of Property - Franklin Park (Crook Property). Documents regarding purchase of land from Mr. Ernest H. Crook including handwritten letter and cost estimate of improving park. City Managers C.E. Hickok (1931), Ralph M. Bryant (1933). W.E. Varcoe, City Clerk, H. Albert George, City Attorney (1933).
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: October 15, 2011