Name/Title
Photos of opening of cornerstone box of Peoples Water Co. building, 1955Entry/Object ID
1998.130.1Description
Acc. No. 98.130.1 (a-f)
Subject Category: Water Systems
Date or Period: 1955
Object: Photographs
Description: Glossy black/white photos with a lt. brown tinting, unmounted. All images have a residue of brownish glue and/or a white paper label remnant along their bottom margins. Photographer unknown.
Sizes: #a: L-6 1/2 x W-5 1/2; #b: L-7 1/4 x 6 3/4; #c and #d: L-10 x W–7 in; #e and #f: L-10 x W–8 1/4 in.
History of Object: Various scenes showing the opening of the copper cornerstone box from the old Peoples Water Co. building at 1412 Park St. Alameda: #a – examining the copper plate found in the box; #b - city employee standing by the copper box that he has just unsealed; #c - Jennings Spencer looking, AHS President, examining an old newspaper found in the box; #d. - another old newspaper being examined; #e - examining an engraved copper plate from the box; #f - city employee opening the box with a hammer and coal chisel.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 2/7/98
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
