Name/Title
Postcard pre-1996 aerial view of Naval Air Station, c. 1996Entry/Object ID
2024.6.2Description
Acc. No. 24.6.2
Subject Category: Naval Air Station, Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1996
Object: postcard
Description: a postcard, uncirculated, printed in blue tones, of an aerial photograph of a pier with two carriers and another military vessel on a neighboring pier, with San Francisco in background. At right, a section of a runway can be seen. Published by Excel Graphics, Alameda.
Size: L 6" x W 4".
History of Objects: Naval Air Station (NAS), Alameda, in operation, date unknown. The identifying numbers are not visible on the two carriers.
NAS, Alameda, was established in 1939, and built on fill dredged from the Bay. It had two full runways in a cross lay-out (13-31 and 07-25), a traffic control tower, and maintenance workshops. In a military evaluation in 1993 closure was recommended pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. This was signed into law in 1994, and the station was officially closed in 1997.
Excel Graphics printed a series of nostalgically blue-tinted postcards based on black-and-white photos.
Acquired from: Charles Kahler
Donated: 12/9/2023; Catalog Date: 1/26/2024
