Name/Title
Photograph of stone cutters carving ornamentation Alameda Post Office taken from East corner, October 1, 1913Entry/Object ID
1973.8.20Description
ACC. NO. 73.8.20
SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1913
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALAMEDA POST OFFICE
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH (ORIGINAL). BACKED WITH LINEN.
SIZE: 8½" X 6½."
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A SERIES TAKEN OF THE ERECTION OF THE ALAMEDA POST OFFICE.
THIS PARTICULAR PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BUILDING, SHOWING SCAFFOLDING AND STONE CUTTERS CARVING ORNAMENTATION ON THE FACADE OF THE POST OFFICE BUILDING.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION:
VIEW TAKEN FROM EAST CORNER, OCT 1, 1913. U. S. POST OFFICE, ALAMEDA, CALIF,.
Wm. V. MURRAY ENGINEERING AND CONTRUCTING COMPANY.
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
