Name/Title
Postcard Encinal Yacht Club, c. 1915Entry/Object ID
2000.289.1Description
ACC. NO. 00.289.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLUBS, ENCINAL YACHT
OBJECT: POST CARD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1915
DESCRIPTION:
COLORED PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC POST CARD, WITH CAPTION, "BOATING AND SWIMMING, ALAMEDA, CALIF." PACIFIC NOVELTY CO., SF, PUBLISHERS. UNCIRCULATED. L 3-1/2" X W 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
POST CARD DEPICTING CHILDREN AT PLAY, WITH BOATS, ETC. AT THE BEACH. IN THE DISTANCE CAN BE SEEN THE OLD ENCINAL YACHT CLUB, FOOT OF GRAND STREET, ALAMEDA. 1890.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 07, 2000Interpretative Labels
Label
Postcard showing Encinal Yacht Club, founded in 1890, when it was located at the end of a 1,000 foot pier at the foot of Grand Street.
Bathers are shown wearing swimming costumes with nautical elements, especially the horizontal white stripes.
The two-story clubhouse was designed by architect Joseph Leonard, and included a banquet hall, a parlor, and men's and women's lounges.
A uniform from 1906-1910, showing the original rectangular burgee of the Yacht Club, is on display in the Fleet Fashion exhibit (weekends in October, 2024 only).
The Club had to move to the other side of Alameda to make place for the South Shore development, and has been at 1251 Pacific Marina since 1960.
