Name/Title
Folder with miscellaneous City documents, 1905-1909; 1920s-1930s, 1940Entry/Object ID
2011.67.22Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.67.22
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1905-1909; 1920s-1930s, 1940
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid free legal size manila file folder with documents. The folder tab states "Miscellaneous”.
L 14 3/4" X W 9"
History of Object:
Documents found in the attic of City Hall. This folder has miscellaneous city reports, documents, postcards, etc. These items were originally wedged between folders.
Includes: 1921 letter from the Rotary Club (topic unclear); notice that the Western Dairy company moved from 1622 to 1912 Broadway (1925); 1920 report on fire protection water supply; 1920 Fire Underwriters fire prevention report; Clipping from 1920 Oakland Daily Post about City Manager Hewes expecting tax increases; 1930 Times-Star letter about Municipal Bus System; two 1940 postcards from Oakland with suggestions for Lincoln Park; Electroliers at Versailles Station (1926); 1921 need for a temp trestle bridge to make repairs to the BFI bridge; 1919-1920 Recreation Department Annual Report; nuisance from chickens (2020, at 1123 Union, and undated and unsigned, about Mr. C. Wong on Oak between Alameda and Central); complaints about weeds; 1925 listing of Theatres and their # of seats; 1921, E. M. Shaw: 2236 Buena Vista torn down; 1924 correspondence about ‘the Peerless Stages, Inc.’; 1905-1909 sample (monthly) tax form, and more.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Cataloged: October 15, 2011