Name/Title
Promotional ice pick, advertising the 'Encinal Coal & Ice Co.', c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2006.3.8Description
Acc. No. 06.3.8
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Fuel/Ice/Grain Suppliers
Date or Period: circa 1920
Object: Ice pick
Description: Metal ice pick with wooden handle in a natural finish. The handle has an attached transfer caption in black colored type: "Encinal Coal & Ice Co."
Size: L-8 3/4”
History of Object: Promotional gift advertising the "Encinal Coal & Ice Co., H. S. Swanson, Prop., Phone 472".
Acquired from: Estate of Joe Glowacki, Alameda
Date: 02/11/06Interpretative Labels
Label
1/20/2021 MvL: current sign:
ICE PICK PREMIUMS
A popular gift given to the
customers of our local
ice delivery companies.