Name/Title
Program Dedication Washington Park Locomotive SP 1227, 1958Entry/Object ID
1997.98.5Description
ACC. NO. 97.98.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: PARKS; WASHINGTON
DATE OR PERIOD: 1958
OBJECT: PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION:
TWO-PAGE PROGRAM, PRINTED ON PALE GREEN-COLORED PAPER, WITH SEPIA-TINTED ILLUSTRATION OF TRAIN ON COVER.
SIZE: L 9-1/4" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PROGRAM FOR THE WASHINGTON PARK LOCOMOTIVE DEDICATION CEREMONIES, SPONSORED BY THE ALAMEDA ROTARY CLUB AND THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, TO BE HELD MARCH 29, 1958. THE BACK PAGE CONTAINS A HISTORY OF RAILROADING IN ALAMEDA; AUTHORED BY VELMA V SCOTT. THE LOCOMOTIVE, LONG DISPLAYED AT WASHINGTON PARK, ALAMEDA, WAS REMOVED IN 1996.
ACQUIRED FROM:
JOSEPH DUREIN (DECEASED).
DATE: MARCH 1, 1997
