Name/Title
Fire Department No. 3 Sherman Street badge, c. 1890sEntry/Object ID
2007.4.2Description
ACC. NO. 07.4.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT; ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 19th CENTURY
OBJECT: BADGE
DESCRIPTION: A SHIELD-SHAPED BADGE WITH INCISED CAPTION ACCENTUATED IN BLACK AND SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE, "MADE BY G. M. WOOD & CO., ENGRAVERS, 311 SUTTER ST., SAN FRANCISCO."
SIZE: L 2" X W 1-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: "SHERMAN 3 AFD" APPEARS ON THE BADGE WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR THE SHERMAN ST. FIRE DEPARTMENT NO. 3, ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, CIRCA 1890's.
DONOR: MR. JOE DUREIN
CATALOGED: JANUARY 13, 2007