Looking Across the Bay, From Balboa, California

Name/Title

Looking Across the Bay, From Balboa, California

Entry/Object ID

BIM2020.005.309

Description

Two copies of a color photograph postcard of several docked boats taken from above the docks. on the peninsula side. Two of them are small power boats with cabins and one is an off-board motorboat. There is a good-sized yacht that had pulled alongside the dock and another small power boat driven by an offboard motor blocked in by a blue rowboat. Both unused. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Company in Los Angeles and printed by Curteich-Chicago. Postcard number 559, printer number 7C-K1594. The "K" in the printer number indicates that the postcard was made from a color transparency using a four-color process and coated with plastic.

Subject

boats, sailing, Newport Harbor

Subject Place

Location

Newport Harbor

Collection

Bob Lambert Postcard Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Photochrome (1930-Present)

Place Published

Location

Los Angeles

State/Province

California

Country

United States of America

Printer

Curteich-Chicago Company

Place Printed

City

Chicago, Illinois

Country

United States of America

Date Printed

1957

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Postcard Number

Other Number

559

Number Type

Postcard Printer Number

Other Number

7C-K1594

Create Date

April 14, 2021

Update Date

January 4, 2022