Name/Title
Mail Carriers assembled on front stairs Alameda Free Library, c. 1912Entry/Object ID
1982.4.5Description
Acc.No. 82.4.5
Subject Category: Post Office
Date or period; Circa 1912
Object: Photograph
Description: Mat finished photograph, unsigned.
Size: 23½x18 inches.
History of Object: Mail carriers assembled on what appears to be the front stairs of the Alameda Free Library, circa 1912. Men unidentified, possibly one could be the husband of Mabel Tennant, who was an employee of the Post office during this period.
Acquired from: Marjorie Dodd
Date: Feb 13, 1982
Note: In 1983, the photograph was placed in a black frame with ornate gesso border, of approximately the same era as the photo.
4/23/83 One of the mail carriers was identified by a visitor as Paul Weinberger, (extreme right, in front of column), a 41 year employee of the Alameda Post Office.Interpretative Labels
Label
current label:
ALAMEDA POST OFFICE
T. W. Leydecker, Postmaster (At center, in white hat.)
H. M. Hammond, Ass't Postmaster (At center, in black hat.)
who are posed on the steps of the main entrance to the Alameda Free Library with their uniformed mail carriers.
