Name/Title
'Walking Beams and Paddle Wheels', by G. H. Harlan and C. Fisher, 1951Entry/Object ID
2010.40.1Description
ACC. NO. 10.40.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1951
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION: A HARD-BOUND BOOK WITH IMITATION LEATHER COVER IN DARK BLUE COLOR. SPINE STATES IN GOLD-INCISED LETTERING, "WALKING BEAMS AND PADDLE WHEELS." THE BOOK WAS AUTHORED BY GEORGE H. HARLAN AND CLEMENT FISHER, BAY BOOKS, LTD., SAN FRANCISCO, 1951.
SIZE: L 10-1/2" X W 6-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A BOOK PRESENTING THE HISTORY OF FERRY BOATS THAT PLIED THE WATERS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THE BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ESTATE OF ED FOWLER WHO LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN ALAMEDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MILITARY SERVICE, IN THE FAMILY HOME AT 1210 PEARL STREET. MR. FOWLER JOINED THE U.S. NAVY SHORTLY FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII WHEN IT WAS BOMBED IN DECEMBER 1941.
DONOR: ESTATE OF ED FOWLER
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 2, 2010
