Name/Title
Model of Paddlewheel Boat Capello, by Winston T. Nielson, prior 2005Entry/Object ID
2016.33.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.33.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD:
OBJECT: MODEL, SHIP
DESCRIPTION: A MODEL OF A 2-DECK PADDLEWHEEL BOAT NAMED, "CAPELLO," WITH A BRASS PLAQUE.
SIZE: L 30" x W 11 1/2" x H 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE MODEL IS IN A GLASS DISPLAY CASE TRIMMED IN WOOD AND WAS POSSIBLY MADE BY THE CREATOR OF THE BOAT. CASE: L 12" x W 11" x L 30-1/2"
CASE IS CONSTRUCTED OF OAK AND GLASS RESTING ON 2 BRASS MOUNTS THAT SIT ON GOLD FELT. BOAT MODEL WAS BUILT BY OPTOMETRIST WINSTON T. NIELSEN, WHO DIED IN 2005; HE PRACTICED UNTIL THE END OF 1991. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25, 1925 IN ALAMEDA. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF UCLA, WITH AN BA DEGREE IN 1947. HE COMPLETED HIS STUDIES AT UCLA WHERE HE RECEIVED DEGREES IN OPTOMETRY AND A BACHELOR DEGREE IN SCIENCES.
DONOR:
CATALOGED: MAY 4, 2016Interpretative Labels
Label
12/31/2020 MvL: current sign:
SHIP MODEL
of the "Capello", a Portuguese stern-wheel river gunboat made in Scotland in 1894; it was used in their African colony of Inhambane
Dr. Winston T. Nielsen (1925-2005),
an Alameda optometrist, was an avid model ship builder known for his exacting sense of detail, as this model of his clearly evidences.
