File:Alameda, Alameda Co., California, situated on the eastern shore of the Bay of San Francisco. A city of homes. Being a brief description of the beauties of Alameda, and its surroundings on land and (14763226444).jpg

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Title: Alameda, Alameda Co., California, situated on the eastern shore of the Bay of San Francisco. A city of homes. Being a brief description of the beauties of Alameda, and its surroundings on land and water
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Alameda (Calif.). Board of Trade
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Publisher: (Alameda, Calif.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ition to the daily and weekly papers and monthly magazines,a collection of reference works and bound periodicals may befound. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who has done more than any otherman toward the erection of library buildings, has given to thiscity ;35,000, with which to erect a building suitable for its needs.The lot on which the building is now being constructed was boughtby the Library trustees in 1887. The new building is to be of sand-stone and pressed brick ; it will have a frontage of 70.6 feet and adepth of 65.6 feet. An easy rise of wide granite and marble stepsleads up to the vestibule of mosaic and marble, making an artisticentrance to the main room. No partitions will obstruct the viewin this room, the several departments being divided by wire parti-tions. Special attention has been paid to the heating, ventilatingand lighting. The capacity of the building will approach 70,000 volumes.It is the intention to have the building ready for occupancy by theend of the present year.
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The City We Love By ED. K. TAYLOR THE climate of Alameda permits of outdoor enjoyment duringall seasons.When the rain interferes with some kinds of recreationthe sportsman enjoys better duck shooting on the adjacent marshes,and better fishing under the wharves — possibly because the fishseek shelter from the rain. Our city has a frontage of six miles along the land-locked estu-ary and harbor, and for five miles the weary waves of the openbay rest upon our white sand beach. Where can better opportu-nity be afforded for swimming, fishing, boating, with oar or sail, orplaying with the happy children in the sand ? Where can childrenbecome more robust or have keener enjoyment than here ? Theyhave their rose gardens, their sand pies and sunshine. They cansafely drive their pony and goat carts on ouruncrowded streets. Iknow of one little maiden of ten summers — we have no wintershere— who takes her trick at thewheel of a twenty-ton yacht andenjoys her regular plunge in the surf. Here c

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