Name/Title
Photos from the christening of Barge 21, built by PACECO, 1954Entry/Object ID
2020.46.1Description
Acc. No. 20.46.1 (a-f)
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, PACECO; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1954
Object: Photographs
Description: 6 Glossy black-and-white photographs. Dates on most photos and Identification of people on the reverse. Most are stamped by Raymond B. Giles, 963 Claremont Ave, Berkeley. L 10 X W 8.
a. Barge 21 on land decked out with flags; a man in overalls identified as Norman Roberson just visible standing on the far right.
b. group photo of Madeline Martin, Kitty Hirai (both with flowers) and Florence Wolfinger.
c. group photo of Bill Hall (wearing a hardhat), Madeline Martin, Kitty Hirai, Florence Wolfinger, Dill Wolfinger, all looking off to the left. In the background a house of a crane is visible, marked (partially visible): Pacific Coast Engineering Co.
d. same people as c. this time looking at the camera.
e. photo of Kitty Hirai holding bottle ready to throw
f. Barge 21 in the Estuary, taken from the Oakland side, with view of the industrial area to the north of the Park street bridge (not visible).
History of Objects:
Photos taken of the Christening on 2/8/1954 of Barge 21, built by PACECO. Photos owned by Madeline Martin (b. 1905, d. prior 2020), an industrial nurse, working for PACECO in Alameda.
Pacific Coast Engineering Company moved from Oakland to 2350 Blanding Ave in 1940. The name changed to PACECO in 1950. The company was bought in 1967 by Fruehauf and focused on the container crane market after 1976.
Kitty Keiko Hirai (b. February 28, 1925) likely worked for PACECO as well, she was a member of an Alameda Japanese-American family, of 2415 Eagle Ave.
Donor: Marianne Landis,
Donated on: 7/29/2020;
Accession Date: 9/19/2020
