Name/Title
Postcards showing ferry boats crossing the Bay, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
1997.619.1Description
Acc. No. 97.619.1 (a-b)
Subject Category: Transportation - Ferry Boats
Date or Period: Ca. 1940
Object: Postcards
Description: Two glossy full-color postcards, each with descriptive material printed on the verso. Not postally used. Card #a, produced by the Smith News Co., S.F., has creasing on its upper left front corner; card #b, published by Mike Roberts Studios, Berkeley, has a white typed description label glued to its bottom front margin.
Size: L-3 1/2 x W-5 1/2 in.
History of Object: Two commercial postcards showing ferry boats crossing San Francisco Bay with the completed Bay Bridge seen in the background. Card #a shows an unidentified single-funnel vessel; card #b shows the ferry "Eureka".
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 10/25/97
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #'s 1141/114.
