Object number:
2000.1.1345
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
February, 1991
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:
The name of the woman is Susan Weisbach, but there is nothing to determine who she is, but since the size of the photo is identical to those immediately preceding (2000.1.1243-1244) it is likely that she is an officer of the Crowley Maritime Corp. Crowley Maritime operated a fleet of tug boats on San Francisco Bay for well over 100 years. In the photo a smiling a boat neck blouse and a scarf. 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:
businesswoman; portrait
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