Name/Title
Photograph Detail Main Entrance Alameda Post Office, April 6, 1914Entry/Object ID
1973.8.23Description
ACC. NO. 73.8.23
SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1914
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALAMEDA POST OFFICE
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH (ORIGINAL). BACKED WITH LINEN.
SIZE: 8" X 6½"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A SERIES TAKEN OF THE ERECTION OF THE ALAMEDA POST OFFICE.
THIS PARTICULAR PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATES AN EXTERIOR VIEW SHOWING MAIN ENTRANCE OF POST OFFICE ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND DETAILING OF THE THREE BRONZE DOORS, AND GRILL WORK WHICH FILLS IN ARCH.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION:
DETAIL OF MAIN ENTRANCE, TAKEN APRIL 6, 1914. U. S. POST OFFICE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
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
ACQUIRED FROM: POST OFFICE, CITY OF ALAMEDA AND MRS. PAULINE REYNOLDS
DATE: MAY 12, 1973
