Name/Title
Photograph placing iron beams for Post Office, March 3, 1913, from South East cornerEntry/Object ID
1973.8.8Description
ACC. NO. 73.8.8
SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1913
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.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION:
VIEW TAKEN OF THE SOUTH EAST CORNER U. S. POST OFFICE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. TAKEN MARCH 3, 1913. Wm. V. MURRAY ENNGEERING AND CONTRACTING 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 & MRS. PAULINE REYNOLDS
DATE: MAY 12, 1973
