Name/Title
Powdered Borax sample, Pacific Borax WorksEntry/Object ID
1981.218.4Description
Acc. No. 81.218.4
Subject Category: Industries (Pacific Borax Works)
Date or period:
Object: Borax, Powdered
Description:
It is a hexagon glass canning jar, with brass plated tin screw top, containing borax.
Size: it is 5 3/4" in length and a diameter of 2 3/4".
History of Object: Borax powder sample from the Pacific Borax Works, Alameda, now the Alameda Naval Air Base.
Acquired from:
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL: current label:
The Pacific Borax Company
was founded in 1890 during the
ownership of Francis "Borax" Smith.
The borax, excavated in Nevada, was
transported by rail to Alameda where
it was processed and packaged.
The refinery building, located in the
West End, was the first reinforced concrete structure constructed in the
United States in 1893.
