Name/Title
Poster of Alameda businesses, 1988Entry/Object ID
2021.109.6Description
Acc. No. 21.109.6
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda
Date or Period: 1988
Object: Drawn Map Poster
Description: Glossy print of a caricature or mental map of an island, with at the top left, in white letters mimicking clouds: 'Alameda'. Copyright at the bottom, 1988, Winter Design.
Size: L 32 x W 25 inches.
History of Object: Caricature drawn map of Alameda, featuring impression drawings of many businesses of the period as well as of public buildings. At the foot of Park Street a scroll is drawn with some historical information, 'Alameda, settled in the 1850s among beautiful oak groves. Today home to 74,000. Architecturally 2nd only to San Francisco'.
Acquired from: unknown
Catalog Date: 10/7/2021