Name/Title
Crying Towel from last Ferry commute Alameda San Francisco, 1939Entry/Object ID
1975.7.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.7.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1939
OBJECT: CRYING TOWEL
DESCRIPTION: CRYING TOWEL PRINTED ON PAPER TOWEL STOCK, WITH BOLD FACE HEADING "COMMUTER'S CRYING TOWEL".
SIZE: 13" x 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: SOUVENIR OF THE LAST FERRY COMMUTE BETWEEN ALAMEDA AND SAN FRANCISCO. ON THIS EXCURSION THE MODEL SHIP (HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM) WAS THROWN FROM THE FERRY BOAT INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. NOTE: THE DONOR, MR. KOHN WAS ABOARD THE SHIP DURING CEREMONY.
ACQUIRED FROM: ALBERT L. KOHN
DATE: APRIL 5, 1975Interpretative Labels
Label
4/14/2021 MvL: label on verso has almost identical wording as in 'History of Object' and 'Donor'.