Name/Title
Folder with documents relating to visits by the First Fleet, 1956-1960Entry/Object ID
2011.37.11Description
Acc. No. 11.37.11
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period. 1956-60
Object: Folder, File
Description: Legal Size Manila File Folder, with correspondence, spanning 1956-1960, a program with caption ‘Pacific Festival, San Francisco, September 9-18,1960, and an envelope with clippings, 1957-1960.
L 15” x W 10”
History of Object:
Correspondence, mostly to and from Alameda Mayor William McCall, and envelope with clippings, regarding the visits of the ‘First Fleet’ to the San Francisco Bay Area, spanning 1956-1960. Includes program for September 1960 San Francisco ‘Pacific Festival’, San Francisco’s third annual celebration.
These 'visits' appear to be the first forerunners for ‘Fleet Week’.
Acquired from City of Alameda
Date: 7/23/11