Name/Title
Scrapbook of Walter Steinmetz, about the Fire Department, 1909-1913Entry/Object ID
1997.448.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.448.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1909 THRU 1913
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND ALBUM, WITH DECORATIVE COVER FEATURING LITHOGRAPH DEPICTING CHILDREN SURROUNDED BY EMBOSSED DESIGN IN GILT AND BLACK-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 16" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE WALTER T STEINMETZ, FIRE CHIEF, CITY OF ALAMEDA. SCRAPBOOK CONTAINS CLIPPINGS CONCERNING THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT. CLIPPINGS DESCRIBE FIRES IN THE COMMUNITY, ETC. ALBUM IS NUMBERED "55." GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS WALTER T STEINMETZ
CATALOGED: AUGUST 23, 1997