Name/Title
'Alameda's Booklet' directory, 1896Entry/Object ID
1997.379.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.379.1 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1896
OBJECT: DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND DIRECTORY, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING NEWLY COMPLETED CITY HALL AND A CAPTION, "ALAMEDA'S BOOKLET, 1896," IN BOLD-PRINTED BLACK-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 8-1/4" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOKLET WHICH CONTAINS A LISTING OF BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. ALSO CONTAINS PERTINENT INFORMATION CONCERNING NAMES OF THE BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES, BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OFFICERS, LOCATIONS OF MAILBOXES, LOCATIONS OF CHURCHES, ETC. ALSO INCLUDES ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISEMENT FOR MARCUSE & REMMEL, HOME BUILDERS. BOOKLET ORIGINALLY WAS PART OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION PRIOR TO 1971, AND NUMBERED "740" AND "740A." Directory "B" WAS GIVEN BY MRS CARL R JOHNSTON. DONOR OF DIRECTORY "A" IS UNKNOWN.
ACQUIRED FROM:
SEE ABOVE.
CATALOGED: AUGUST 2, 1997
