Name/Title
File Folder regarding the 100th anniversary of arrival of the Transcontinental Train, 1969Entry/Object ID
2011.37.10Description
Acc. No. 11.37.10
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period. 1969
Object: Folder, File
Description:
Tan Legal Size File Folder, with a label with green lines glued to the tab, stating: MAYOR’S FILE - Commemorative Stamp Issue 100 Anniversary Transcontint. Train in Alameda
L 15” x 9 1/2”
History of Object: File folder with Clippings reflecting the dedication of the plaque at the Naval Air Base. Shows various attempts to gain support for the stamp. Includes Senate Daily Journal, which on page 5031 shows the decision by the U.S. senate to suggest the Postmaster General to issue a stamp, which the Postmaster forwarded to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, which is where it stuck.
Also a clipping of opening cornerstone box of 1902 High School (marked Tribune 11-2-56) has slipped into this folder.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date: 7/23/11