Name/Title
"To Sports Deck" signs from Ferry Golden Way and Purcell's Baths, Ca. 1930Entry/Object ID
1981.273.4Description
Acc. No. 81.273.4 A& B
Subject Category: Beaches
Date or Period: Circa 1930
Object: Signs
Description: Oblong brass sign, cast moulded with raised letters and rim, corners squared off with perforated ends for attachment by screws. Signs (2) states "To Sports Deck".
Size, 12 X 2 inches.
History of Object: Corridor sign from the ferry boat "Golden Way" which commuted to Sacramento, and was beached on Government Island. The sign was removed during the ship's demolition by Leo Purcell and utilized by him at his baths on Central Avenue near Webster St.
Acquired from:
Harriet Smith Frye
Date: September 12, 1981
