Postcard

Photograph

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Museum of History Benicia

Spenger's Fish Grotto

Spenger's Fish Grotto

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2021.022.02.0013

Description

Colorized Photograph on a postcard of Spenger's Fish Grotto Title: Spenger's Fish Grotto, Benicia, California Phone 412 On Back: Spenger's Fish Grotto At city limits of Benicia on Vallejo Highway Box 305 Phone 412. Ferry "Encinal" Length 275 feet, beam 75 feet. Built in 1887 at San Francisco, cost $875,000. Today (1940's) a replacement cost over $3,000,000. Formerly in service as ferry between San Francisco and Oakland. Towed to present location in 1943. Pub. by Saltz Adv. Spec., San Francisco, Calif. size: 3-1/2" length x 5-1/2" width

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection