Book, Record

Name/Title

Book, Record

Entry/Object ID

2002.007.0001

Scope and Content

32 page booklet. Heavy cardboard covers, 4.5x6.5 inches. Front cover extended 2 inches to fold around the back. Front cover has 2.5 by 0.5 inch opening with transparent insert, through which the name Quimby is visible. Continuous Discharge Book issued by the Department of Commerce. No. 072270, issued to Charles Hathorn Quimby at Bangor, Maine. On page 2 is a 1.5 by 2 inch photo with signature across it and impressed stamp. Page 4 contains dates and places of engagement on several vessels between 1946 and 1951. Page 5, intended to be official records of discharge is blank, as are the remining pages.