Name/Title
Press Release from the Commuters Club about the Farewell Party, 1939Entry/Object ID
1998.107.13Description
ACC. NO. 98.107.13
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION, FERRY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1939
OBJECT: PRESS RELEASE
DESCRIPTION:
TYPEWRITTEN PRESS RELEASE ON TAN-COLORED PAPER, WITH BOLD PRINTED CAPTION, "MEMORANDUM FOR CITY EDITOR.".
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 8-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED FROM THE ALAMEDA COMMUTERS CLUB REGARDING A "FAREWELL-TO-THE FERRIES" PARTY ABOARD THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAMER, "PIEDMONT," ON THE 7:50 AM TRIP FROM ALAMEDA TO SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939. DURING THIS OCCASION THE SYMBOLIC FUNERAL SERVICES AND BURIAL-AT-SEA OF THE FERRY BOAT WERE HELD. THE FERRY REPLICA IS IN THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MUSEUM COLLECTION. ALSO, DURING THIS EVENT, CRYING TOWELS WERE DISTRIBUTED; A FEW ARE ALSO IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION. THE LATE WALLACE D MIRACLE WAS A COMMITTEE MEMBER. HIS COMMITTEE PLANNED THE EVENT.
ACQUIRED FROM:
WALLACE D MIRACLE COLLECTION
CATALOGED: JANUARY 31, 1998