Name/Title
Photograph Work Room Alameda Post Office from East corner, February 2, 1914Entry/Object ID
1973.8.21Description
ACC. NO. 73.8.21
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 AN INTERIOR VIEW, SHOWING PIGEON-HOLES USED TO SORT MAIL.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN IN SCRIPT THIS INFORMATION:
VIEW IN WORK ROOM FROM EAST CORNER, TAKEN FEB 2, 1914. POST OFFICE, ALAMEDA, CALIF,.
W. V. MURRAY ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING 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
