Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30673
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030673
Alternate number:
JAP-10 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Negative. Yokohama, Japan. Image of the P & O Liner Rajputana (left) and the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge(right). Hoefler's original description: "Yokohama, Japan. After a shopping trip around Yokohama, the Hoefler party returned to the leading hotel for refreshments and, strolling to a window, were greeted by this view. The ship to the left of the photograph is the P & O Liner Rajputana, which was their home for many days during their journey from Colombo to Hong Kong; and behind it, to the right, is the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge, which they joined at Hong Kong for the trip to San Francisco. Here were their two ocean homes berthed together and it afforded them an unexpected thrill.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, South Kanto
Verbatim coll. place:
Yokohama, Japan
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
length 5 inches and height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30673, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Yokohama, Japan. Image of the P & O Liner Rajputana (left) and the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge(right). Hoefler's original description: "Yokohama, Japan. After a shopping trip around Yokohama, the Hoefler party returned to the leading hotel for refreshments and, strolling to a window, were greeted by this view. The ship to the left of the photograph is the P & O Liner Rajputana, which was their home for many days during their journey from Colombo to Hong Kong; and behind it, to the right, is the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge, which they joined at Hong Kong for the trip to San Francisco. Here were their two ocean homes berthed together and it afforded them an unexpected thrill.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30673, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Yokohama, Japan. Image of the P & O Liner Rajputana (left) and the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge(right). Hoefler's original description: "Yokohama, Japan. After a shopping trip around Yokohama, the Hoefler party returned to the leading hotel for refreshments and, strolling to a window, were greeted by this view. The ship to the left of the photograph is the P & O Liner Rajputana, which was their home for many days during their journey from Colombo to Hong Kong; and behind it, to the right, is the Dollar Liner, President Coolidge, which they joined at Hong Kong for the trip to San Francisco. Here were their two ocean homes berthed together and it afforded them an unexpected thrill.

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