Name/Title
Tie-closed Brick colored file folder labelled E. K. Taylor Park (#174), 1926-1932Entry/Object ID
2011.47.15Scope and Content
Acc. No. 11.47.15
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1926-1931
Object: Folder, file
Description: Brick colored folder with fiber tie, written in upper right corner in black ink 174, with a white label glued on, which has the legend: “E. K. TAYLOR PROPERTY - PARK”, typewritten and underlined by typewriter. Inside is a legal size folder with papers, marked on the reverse with ‘174’ and a sequence number.
L 15" x H 9 1/2" x W 1 1/2"
History of Object: Correspondence (including pro/con petitions), and (blueprint) maps about a proposed, but ultimately unrealized new park, proposed name, Edward K. Taylor Park, on the ‘Stanford’ (Stanford University) property of tidelands at the foot of Pearl Street. Also proposal to ‘square’ Franklin Park and use part of the park as a playground.
Includes letterhead from The American Legion Post No. 9 (1929) and letterhead for George H. Noble (#174-14, 174-41). Also includes judgement by the Superior Court of California about the City against E.B. Mastick Trustee, regarding Alameda Park, 1895. (copied, 1929)
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: September 24, 2011