Name/Title
Photo Alameda Police Department between City Hall and Elks Building, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
1995.154.1Description
Acc. No. 95.154.1
Subject Category: ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Date or Period: CIRCA 1930's
Object: PHOTOGRAPH; Framed
Description:
OBLONG-SHAPED SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, "PIATT PHOTO CO., ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA." THE PHOTO UNDER GLASS IS IN AN OAK WOOD WITH DARK FINISH.
SIZE: L 7-1/2" X W 39-3/4"
History of Object: FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH, DEPICTING ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT, EARLY 1930's.
IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THE MAIN STAIRS TO THE CITY HALL. TO THE LEFT CAN BE SEEN PARTIAL FACADE OF THE ELKS BUILDING. THE PHOTOGRAPH POSSIBLY BELONGED TO JUDGE DAN KNOX, LATE HUSBAND OF VERA GEORGE KNOX, MOTHER OF THE DONOR.
Acquired from:
ALBERT GEORGE
Date: JULY 8, 1995Interpretative Labels
Label
7/19/2020 MvL: Current label (photo is marked as item A):
ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT -memorabilia
A) The uniformed staff of the Alameda
Police Dept. posed in front of the City Hall, c. 1930.
[B) Alameda Police Dept., c. 1912, with
Chief John Conrad (in center of 1st row).
C) Officer Joe Lawrence who patrolled
Webster St. and the West End for many years. Photo c. 1915.
D) Portrait of Police Chief John Conrad,
c. 1912.
E) Police sergeant's jacket. Date unknown.
F) Alameda Police officers, c. 1917. (In
the background are the Elks Club and City Hall.)]