Name/Title
Copper Cornerstone Box, Alameda High School, 1902Entry/Object ID
2002.86.39Description
ACC. NO. 02.86.39
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: 1902
OBJECT: BOX
DESCRIPTION: COPPER BOX WITH A DETACHABLE LID. THE INTERIOR OF LID HAS TWO CARDS PASTED TO THE SURFACE. ONE STATES, "FORDER CORNICE WORKS," IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND. THE SECOND CARD IS HANDWRITTEN IN SEPIA COLORED INK ON CARD STOCK.
SIZE: L 10-1/4" X W 8 x H 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: COPPER BOX ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE CORNERSTONE OF THE ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL (SINCE DEMOLISHED) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1902. IT WAS REMOVED DURING DEMOLITION ON OCTOBER 30. 1956, and DONATED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BOX WAS OPENED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1956 BEFORE A LARGE GROUP OF SOCIETY MEMBERS. THE LID OF THE BOX CONTAINS A BUSINESS CARD, STATING "JOSEPH FORDER," WHO OPERATED A CORNICE BUSINESS IN SAN FRANCISCO. MR. FORDER SERVED AS THE HEAD OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT ONCE GOVERNED ALAMEDA BEFORE A MAYOR WAS ELECTED AND BEFORE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITY COUNCIL. THE SECOND CARD IS OF J. F. HANSON, WHO SOLDERED THE BOX.
DONOR: ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 14, 2002Interpretative Labels
Label
current label:
CORNERSTONE BOX
This copper box was placed in
the cornerstone of the original
Alameda High School located
at Walnut St. & Central Ave.
on 12-09-1902, the year of its
construction. It was removed
on 08-30-1956.
