Name/Title
Invitation to annual Fire Department Children's Christmas Festival, 1923Entry/Object ID
1998.370.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.370.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1923
OBJECT: INVITATION
DESCRIPTION:
INVITATION PRINTED ON HEAVY CARD STOCK, ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC RENDERING IN BLACK AND WHITE COLORS.
SIZE: L 5-1/4" x W 4-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
INVITATION TO AN ANNUAL CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 24, 1923 AT THE WEBB AVENUE FIRE STATION OFF PARK STREET, ALAMEDA, UNDER AUSPICES OF THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS AN ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT EVENT FOR MANY YEARS, DURING WHICH THEY PRESENTED FREE CANDIES AND TOYS TO LOCAL CHILDREN. THE INVITATION WAS RECEIVED BY THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT CATALOGED BY THEM.
DONOR:
ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 31, 1998
