Name/Title
Large photo yachts Markee and Aolus on the Estuary participating in a race, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
1996.196.88Description
Acc. No. 96.196.88
Subject Category: Sports - Yachting.
Date or Period: Circa 1940
Object: Photograph
Description: Glossy black/white photo, unmounted (but with a brownish glue residue on its verso). Photographer: International News Photo, San Francisco (unmarked, but a smaller version of this image - 96.196.87 - has an attribution stamp on its verso). Minor damage to the image: upper left corner crease and a small hole a half-inch from its bottom edge.
Size: L-12 x W-10 1/4 in.
History of Object: Yachts "Markee" and "Aolus" on the Oakland Estuary at the foot of Clay Street participating in the Golden Gate Fledgling Race. The Gus Ekberg family was connected with these yachts.
Acquired from: Estate of Ethel Ekberg (196)
Date: 2/6/99
