Name/Title
Photos of launching of PACECO-built ferry Carquinez, 1956Entry/Object ID
2020.46.3Description
Acc. No. 20.46.3 (a, b)
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, PACECO; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1956
Object: Photographs
Description: matte black-and-white photographs, a. L 5 1/4 X W 7, b. L 7 x W 5 1/4 inches. Identification of subject and date on verso in pencil and different color pens (more details added at different times). Photographer unknown.
a: PACECO’s industrial nurse Madeline Martin in uniform on a sunny day, holding a drink, with people around a makeshift buffet behind her.
b: a picture of a ferryboat in water, with PACECO sign. Lumber and ladders in foreground, PURINA CHOWS silos, on the Oakland side of the estuary, visible behind.
History of Objects:
Photos taken of the launching on 9/27/1956 of the ferryboat Carquinez, built by PACECO, for the Benicia-Martinez ferry service. The ferry was christened by Mrs. Knight, wife of the governor at the time.
Photos owned by Madeline Martin, aunt of the donor.
See 20.46.1 and 2 for information on PACECO and Madeline Martin.
Donor: Marianne Landis,
Donated on: 7/29/2020;
Accession Date: 9/19/2020
