Name/Title
Photograph of completion foundation Alameda Post Office, December 1, 1912Entry/Object ID
1973.8.4Description
ACC. NO. 73.8.4
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 COMPLETION OF THE FOUNDATION.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION: U. S. POST OFFICE BUILDING, ALAMEDA. FROM WEST CORNER. Wm. V. MURRAY ENGINEERING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, DEC 1, 1912
PARK-CENTRAL POST OFFICE
FIRST OCCUPIED-MARCH 31, 1914
CORNER STONE LAID-DECEMBER 21, 1912
LAND PURCHASED FROM CHARLES S. NEAL FOR $11,000.00 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
