Name/Title
Wilson School Pierce Hitching Post, Ca. 1864Entry/Object ID
1981.100.1Description
Acc. No. 81.100.1
Subject Category: Transportation (Hitch Post)
Date or period: Circa 1864
Object: Hitching post
Description: Embossed Pierce Hardware Company. The head of the hitching post is a clinched fist which incorporates two loops, which in turn houses two loops for reins of horses. It is a black cast iron post. The hand is a separate unit, mounted onto the cast iron post.
Size: It is 37 inches in length.
History of Object: This hitching post was located at the corner of Van Buren and Court Street, in Alameda, from 1864 to 1891, at the old Wilson School,
Acquired from: Board of Education
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
5/23/2020 MvL: current label:
HITCHING POSTS
19th Century cast iron hitching posts used for tethering horses.
These particular hitching posts were removed from alongside the streets of Alameda.Label
5/26/2020 MvL: old label:
HITCHING POSTS: LEFT: FROM THE CORNER OF VAN BUREN AND COURT STREET. THE ORIGINAL SITE OF LINCOLN SCHOOL, 1864 to 1891.
RIGHT:
HITCHING POST FOUND ON GRAND STREET, NEAR SANTA CLARA AVENUE.
DONOR:
BOARD OF EDUCATION, and CITY OF ALAMEDA,
(note that at the time, it was Wilson School, not Lincoln - the name was changed in 1911).
