Name/Title
'Letters' Box with correspondence of Vern Smith, Police Chief, 1931Entry/Object ID
2005.72.25Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 05.72.25
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: POLICE DEPT., CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1931
OBJECT: FILE BOX HOUSING CORRESPONDENCE
DESCRIPTION:
A HARD-BOUND ALPHABETIZED FOLDER BOX. CONTENTS OF BOX CAN BE FILED VERTICALLY. BOX RESEMBLES A BOOK, SPINE OF WHICH STATES "LETTERS," IN BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON A BROWN-COLORED BACKGROUND. CORRESPONDENCE AND RECEIPT FORMS ARE INCLUDED.
SIZE (BOX): H 12-1/2" X DEPTH 11-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOX CONTAINING CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO VERN SMITH, CHIEF OF POLICE, IN THE EARLY 1930's, CONCERNING POLICE MATTERS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC, PARKING, ETC. DEATH REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO FILED WITHIN THE LARGE BOX.
DONOR: CITY OF ALAMEDA, CA
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 1, 2005
