Name/Title
Photograph Construction (placing iron support beams) Post Office, January 1, 1913, from south cornerEntry/Object ID
1973.8.5Description
ACC. No. 73.8.5
SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1912
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALAMEDA POST OFFICE
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH (ORIGINAL). BACKED WITH LINEN.
SIZE: 8" X 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A SERIES TAKEN OF THE ERECTION OF THE ALAMEDA POST OFFICE.
THIS PARTICULAR PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE IRON BEAMS BEING PUT IN PLACE, FOR THE SUPPORT OF WALLS. THE WATER WORKS BUILDING CAN BE SEEN TO THE LEFT.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION:
NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING, ALAMEDA, CALIF. JAN 1, 1913 Wm. V. MURRAY ENINGEERING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY. PICTURE TAKEN FROM SOUTH CORNER.
PARK-CENTRAL POST OFFICE
FIRST OCCUPIED-MARCH 31, 1914
CORNER STONE LAID-DECEMBER 21, 1912
LAND PURCHASED FROM CHARLES S. NEAL FOR $14,000.00
APPROPRIATION MADE BY CONGRESS, JUNE 1908 COST OF POST OFFICE BUILDING, $101,495.00
ACQUIRED FROM: POST OFFICE, CITY OF ALAMEDA AND MRS. PAULINE REYNOLDS
DATE: MAY 12, 1973
