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Genuine original antique vintage used & cancelled May 23rd 1906 "OAKLAND CAL" HANDSTAMPED OVER San Francisco,CaliforniaWells Fargo & Company Bank Check paid to WF & Co in the amount of $1,000 printed on watermarked paper.
Signed by Jas A. Henderson, is it the same Henderson as mentioned below articles? Since I cannot confirm that. The value of the check is not based on any signature, just the age & condition of check.
P.S. Around here somewhere is a signed Inspector Henderson publicity photo from Superman episode!
If interested contact me & I will list it on approx value $150.
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On April 3, 1906, Sergeant Henderson and Patrolman Hunley of the Oakland Police Department saved the lives of several prominent citizens by discovering a major fire at the Athenian Club in Oakland and breaking down the door to rescue sleeping members.The 1906 Athenian Club Fire At roughly 4:00 AM, Sergeant Henderson noticed smoke eating into the handsome Athenian Club building, then located at 14th and Webster Streets. He broke through the front door and rushed down smoke-filled corridors to awaken members sleeping on the third floor. His prompt actions ensured that everyone escaped safely before the fire department arrived to save the building from total destruction. Those rescued included:Dr. D. D. Crowley Professor Thomas T. Sanford of the University of California H. P. Thall, head of the railway mail service Carl Plaut, a well-known local merchant History of the Athenian ClubThe Athenian Club, originally organized in 1883, was Oakland's premier elite gentleman's social organization. In 1915, it merged with the Nile Club to become the Athenian-Nile Club. Following the merger, the group moved to a newly designed Beaux-Arts/Colonial Revival brick building at 410 14th Street and Franklin Street. For decades, it served as a "shadow power base" for Oakland's businessmen, politicians, and architects.
From Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research at the University of California, Riverside
California Digital Newspaper Collection:San Francisco Call, Volume 49, Number 124, 3 April 1906
Members of Athenian Club Aroused Just in Time to Escape March of FlamesBLOCK IS THREATENEDTimely Discovery Prevents Heavy Loss of Property in Early Morning BlazeOAKLAND, April 2 — Roused from slumber by the crash of front door of the club as it was forced by the firemen and police at an early hour this morning,. a number of the members of the Athenian Club, one of Oakland's most exclusive organizations, were forced to fight their way through the smoke-filled corridors to escape death by asphyxiation, and had it not been for the prompt work at the Fire Department the handsome club building at Fourteenth and Webster streets would have been totally destroyed. The fire was discovered shortly before 4 o'clock by Sergeant Henderson and Patrolman Hunley of the Oakland Police Department and Night Watchman L. Lyons, and when the alarm was turned in the flames had already eaten their way well into the building. Henderson at once broke in the front door of the club and aroused the members who have rooms on the third floor of the building. Among them were Dr. D. D. Crowley. Professor Thomas T. Sanford of the University of California; H. P. Thall, head of the railway mail service, who it on a visit to this city, and Carl Plaut, a well-known merchant. By this time the halls of the club were filled with smoke, through which the members were forced to grope their way to the stairway, but all escaped in safety. When the fireman reached the burning building it seemed for a time that the flames would get beyond control and destroy not only the Atherian Club but the quarters of the local lodge of Elks, next door; but after a hard battle the department got the better of the fire, preventing a heavy loss of property. The heaviest losers in the fire are the Curtain store at Fourteenth and Franklin streets. owned by J. E. Mauerhan and R. L. Peyton, loss about $6000, fully covered by insurance; the Athenian Club, loss $3000, fully insured; Louis Scheline, tailor, 404 Fourteenth street, loss $350; and G. A. Russell, grocer, 406 Fourteenth Street, loss $100. The Liberty Theater was also slightly damaged by water. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought it was caused by the throwing of a cigar stump into some loose straw piled near the fence at the rear of the club building.
Check measures approx 3.5 by 8.25 inches. Some paper loss at right side from being attached to a document that is not longer present. Puncture holes in center of check. Please INSPECT ALL images for FULL details.
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