Name/Title
Postcard of Adelphian Club as Service Men Hospitality House, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
2025.100.2Description
Acc. No. 25.100.2
Subject Category: Fraternities/Clubs, Adelphian Club; WWII
Date or Period: 1940s
Object: Postcard
Description: Black-and-white photograph of a Spanish-Colonial style building with tower with cupola. Text on front: 'Hospitality House for Service Men / Alameda, California'. Publisher: Litho by Greenwood Printers Ltd. Uncirculated.
Size: L 5 1/2 x W 3 1/2 inches
History of Object: A post card of the exterior of the former Adelphian Club building, 2167 Central Ave., of when it was in use as a Hospitality House for service men stationed in Alameda. The building was created for the Adelphian Club, in 1918, and was used as a hospital during the Spanish Flu, and apparently as a Hospitality House during WWII. It closed as a Club House in 2002.
Acquired from: anonymous
Donation Date: 10/18/2025
Catalog Date: 10/22/2025
