Name/Title
Commuter's Crying towel, 1939Entry/Object ID
2015.47.8Description
ACC. NO. 15.47.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION; FERRY BOATS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1939
OBJECT: TOWEL; PAPER
DESCRIPTION: A PAPER TOWEL FROM A VENDING MACHINE WITH PRINTED TEXT IN BOLD PRINTED CAPTION, "COMMUTERS' CRYING TOWEL," IN BLACK COLORED TYPE ON OFF WHITE COLORED PAPER.
SIZE: L 13" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A CRYING TOWEL ISSUED DURING THE FAREWELL FERRY BOAT PARTY ABOARD THE 0730 SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMMUTER’S CLUB ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939. DURING THIS EVENT THE TOWELS WERE DISTRIBUTED DURING A MOCK CEREMONY AT SEA WHEN THE MODEL FERRY BOAT IN THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM COLLECTION WAS THROWN OVERBOARD INTO SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
DONOR: CAROL DEAN
CATALOGED: MAY 2, 2015
