Name/Title
Equator crossing certificate awarded to Captain N.C. Bates, USMC, 1925Entry/Object ID
2010.58.1Scope and Content
Acc. No. 10.58.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1925
Object: Certificate
Description: Elaborately printed and illustrated certificate with bold printed caption: "Domain of Neptune's Rex". The document is preserved under glass within its original oak frame.
Size: H-18 x W-23 inches
History of Object: Certificate awarded to Captain N. C. Bates, USMC, aboard the USS New Mexico, as it crossed the Equator on July 6, 1925. Captain Bates was a member of a prominent early family of Alameda which resided at 727 Paru St. One of his brothers married the late Martha Linderman whose grandfather was engineer for the Artesia Water Company located on Thompson Avenue. Her father owned an opera house on Central Ave. (near Park St.) which burned down in 1897.
Acquired from: Estate of Joseph Glowacki
Date: 11/27/10
