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This uniform, derived from the Navy Uniform, shows the typical navy color, parallel stripes, and sailor's collar, but has a 'dickie' (also spelled dickey / dicky tuxedo-front) underneath.
In the late 1920s, the original wearer's descendant, Doris Haslett Goodman, was involved in theatrical performances at the Little Theater - which morphed into today's Altarena Playhouse. Samuel Haslett's no-longer used uniform was adapted to fit a woman as part of a theatrical performance, which is why it is modeled on a female mannequin.
The Encinal Yacht club was founded in 1890, the 3rd oldest yacht club on the San Francisco Bay. It was a prominent feature of Alameda, at the end of a long pier extending from the foot of Grand Street. The first clubhouse was designed and built by Joseph A. Leonard, who build many houses on Alameda's 'Gold Coast' (including his own mansion).
The pier and club house were destroyed for the South Shore Development after 1959, and in 1960 the Club moved to Marina Village and the 'Tidal Canal' - or Oakland-Alameda 'Estuary', 1251 Pacific Marina, where it is still in operation today.
The embroidered flag emblem, is the original burgee of the Encinal Yacht Club (changed around 1910 to a pennant shape).
An image of the old Encinal Yacht Club can be found in the postcard display case.
