Photograph completed Post Office Addition, looking Southwest, December 3, 1932

Name/Title

Photograph completed Post Office Addition, looking Southwest, December 3, 1932

Entry/Object ID

1973.8.33

Description

ACC. NO. 73.8.33 SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE DATE OR PERIOD: 1932 OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALAMEDA POST OFFICE (ADDITION) DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH (ORIGINAL). BACKED WITH GREY LINEN. SIZE: 8½" X 6½" HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A SERIES TAKEN OF THE ERECTION OF THE ADDITION MADE TO THE ALAMEDA POST OFFICE IN 1932. THIS PARTICULAR PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLETED ADDITION. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN THIS INFORMATION: ALAMEDA, CALIF., POST OFFICE. DECEMBER 3, 1932. LOOKING SOUTHWEST. CERTIFIED AS BEING THE TRUE CONDITION THIS DATE. SIGNED, FRED A. ROEMER, CONSTRUCTING ENGINEER. W. G. THORNALLY, CONTRACTOR PARK-CENTRAL POST OFFICE ADDITION WAS STARTED, JUNE 27, 1932 COST-$63,800.00 WORK COMPLETED-DECEMBER 14, 1932 TOTAL COST OF GROUNDS AND BUILDING-$179,295.00 ACQUIRED FROM: POST OFFICE, CITY OF ALAMEDA AND MRS. PAULINE REYNOLDS DATE: MAY 12, 1973