Name/Title
Group photo Alameda letter carriers, Postmaster Leydecker, and Assistant postmaster Hammond, 1912Entry/Object ID
1995.15.1Description
Acc. No. 95.15.1
Subject Category: Alameda Post Office
Date or Period: 1912
Object: Photograph
Description:
Lt.sepia-toned photo mounted on charcoal gray paperboard. Photographer: Alfred Greene (His name and a Milwaukee, WI, address are embossed onto the left front mount; however, his name with a Berkeley, CA, address is rubber stamped on the verso. Evidently photographer Greene did not wish to waste his Milwaukee mounts.)
Size: L-11 x W-14 in.
History of Object:
Group photo of the Alameda letter carriers, Postmaster Leydecker, and Ass't Postmaster Hammond assembled on the steps of the Alameda Free Library. A rather detailed history of the Alameda Post Office is recounted on a label attached to the back.
Acquired from:
George Porep
Date: 3-4-95
Donated in 1952; old cat. # 610X
