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1883 Dance Card SANFRANCISO POLICE DEPTMENT Widow’s & Orphan’s Aid Association
DESCRIPTION: 1883 DanceCard [booklet, pamphlet] GRAND BALL OF THE Widow’s & Orphan’s Aid AssociationPOLICE DEPTMENT [3 stars in corners have 1. S.F. (San Francisco), 2. P. (Police), 3. D. (Department)] MECHANICS’ PAVILION, Wednesday Eve.,November 14 th, 1883; Woodand Strickland, Printers, 740 Market St., [San Francisco] New Year CallingCards a Specialty; Stiff paper embossed colored covers; stapled and string tied;center vignette pasted over frilled fabric; 8-page Dance Card [booklet pamphlet]; size 3-5/8 inches by 3-5/8 inches; containsArrangement Committee, Reception Committee, Order of Dances, Floor committee,Officers, Trustees etc.
CONDITION: Verygood, light staining to bottom of first pages [see scans].
SECURITY: ARGUS BOOKS [or other wording] in PINK may have been super-imposedover the images for security or informational reasons and are not on the actualitem.
HISTORY: The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the San Francisco Police Department was founded on January 13th, 1878.
This Association wasorganized for the specific purpose of providing financial assistance to theloved ones of the individual member. The police officer is engaged in ahazardous profession, the recognition of which necessitates his preparing forthe sudden and unexpected loss of his life. The family he leaves behind isseldom insured to such a contingency and so the benefits provided by membershipin the Association become most helpful at a helpless moment.
Our Association isnot an insurance company nor is it a political body. In the many years of ourexistence the Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association has never affiliated withany other organization of individual. We pride ourselves on being a good-willAssociation, flourishing upon the good-will of our members and the good-will ofour legion of friends in the City of San Francisco.
Throughout theentire history of this benevolent Association our only concern has been thewelfare of our members’ bereaved. It is the sincere wish and desire of eachmember that aim be perpetrated.
SHIPPING: Allpaper items [broadsides, labels, pamphlets, brochures, photos, etc.] that are1/4 of an inch thick or less are shipped between two double-walled pieces ofcardboard [equal to 4 sheets of cardboard and are virtually impossible to bend]by USPS Media mail [unless other arrangements have been made with seller]. [SL– B2 – S4 (code to locate the item)]
