Object number:
2000.1.1344
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
circa 1990
Material / Technique:
silver gelatin
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 5 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
A tag attached to the back of the photo reads "Leo Collar, President & C.O.O. C.M.C." The probable interpretation of the initials is "President and Cheif Operating Officer Crowley Maritime Corporation." Crowley Maritime operated a fleet of tug boats on San Francisco Bay for well over 100 years. In the photo a smiling Leo Collar is facing the camera head-on, wearing a pinstripe dark suit and eye glasses. Note: Reference is made to Crowley tugs in: San Francisco Bay, A Pictorial Maritime History, by John Haksell Kemble, Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, Maryland. Page 33 shows the "sons of a waterfront pioneer, Tom and Dave Crowley inspect[ing] a roll of tickets for their launch service.....about 1905" On page 87 "A harbor excursion in the 1920's...Crowley No. 17 and Crowley 18 were 38 ton passenger launches built in 1915.............
Concepts:
portrait; businessman
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