Name/Title
Photos of Bobby Uriburu and model of the 'James Tuft', 1969Entry/Object ID
2021.46.9Description
Acc. No. 21.46.9 A, B
Subject Category: Industries, Alameda
Date or Period: 1969
Object: Photographs
Description:
A. photo booklet of light-brown faux leather with metal spiral binding, with 8 L 3 1/4 x W 3 1/2 inches color photos and more empty pages. Photographer unknown.
Size booklet: L 3 3/4 x W 4 inches.
B. A b/w photograph, unmounted.
Size: L-8 x W-10 inches. Photographer unknown.
History of Object:
A. photos of Bobby Uriburu working on hull of a ship's model. On some images a schematic of a 4-masted ship can be seen. The images are dated Oct 69.
B. photograph of Bobby Uriburu with the completed ship model that he created, the "James Tuft”. It is dated “22 Apr. 1969”.
Acquired from: The Tuft Estate.
Date: 05/29/21Interpretative Labels
Label
6/2/2021 MvL: text on reverse reads:
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21.46.9
MODEL OF THE BARKENTINE "JAMES TUFT" MADE BY BOBBY URIBURU AUGUST 1968.
I DEDICATED THIS PHOTO TO MY FRIEND ED TUFT GRANDSON OF THE FAMOUS CAPTAIN TOFT, NAME OF THE BARKENTINE “JAMES TUFT"
CORDIALLY
BOBBY
S. F. 22 SEPTEMBER 1969
LAURENCE N. ALBEE
Box 919
Los Altos, California 94022
