It Came From the (Photo) Morgue!

The morgue reveals an affordable trans-Bay commute alternative:

Caption:

May 3, 1936
CASTOFF BIKE, 80¢ CASH AND LAD HAD "POWER" BOAT
Robert Simpson, 18 year old San Rafael, Calif. lad, had eighty cents in cash, a cast off bicycle and an intense longing for a boat of some kind. With this and an idea he produced the peculiar looking craft above. What's more, the thing works too.

The Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920’s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco History Collection comes from the News-Call Bulletin morgue. However, the morgue also includes national and international subjects that have not been digitized or cataloged.

Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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