Name/Title
Photo of staff and Postmaster in front of the Post Office, 1955Entry/Object ID
1998.196.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.196.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1955
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
A BLACK-AND-WHITE PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH, UNSIGNED AND UNMOUNTED.
SIZE: L 8" X W 20-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EMPLOYEES, MAIL CARRIERS, AND POSTMASTER, FORD E SAMUEL, OF THE ALAMEDA BRANCH, UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, POSED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN OFFICE, CENTRAL AND PARK AVENUES, DATED JANUARY 20, 1955. THE DONOR'S BROTHER, PAUL STREBEL, IS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP. THE FOLLOWING COLLECTION IS FROM THE STREBEL FAMILY. JOHN STREBEL (ORIGINALLY FROM GERMANY) AND HIS WIFE (NATIVE OF AUSTRIA) PURCHASED THEIR LATE HOME AT 1117 UNION STREET, ALAMEDA, IN 1923. IT HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY OWNED BY THEIR TWO SONS, FRANK AND PAUL.
DONOR:
FRANK STREBEL
DATE: APRIL 18, 1998
