Name/Title
Crying Towel and newspaper clipping, 1939Entry/Object ID
1996.7.6Description
ACC. NO. 96.7.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION; FERRY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1939
OBJECT: CRYING TOWEL
DESCRIPTION:
SOUVENIR, PRINTED ON PAPER TOWEL STOCK, WITH BOLD PRINTED CAPTION,'"COMMUTER'S CRYING TOWEL." ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS AN ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WITH CAPTION, "END OF THE VOYAGE."
SIZE: L 11-1/4" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SYMBOLIC CRYING TOWEL ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE ALAMEDA 7:30 AM SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMMUTERS' CLUB. ISSUED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939. IT WAS THE LAST FERRY COMMUTE BY THE CLUB; AND IT INCLUDED A RITUAL BURIAL AT SEA OF A MODEL FERRY BOAT, WHICH IS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR GARY R BROWN
DATE: JANUARY 06, 1996
