Title:
Captain William T. Shorey [picture].
Subject:
African Americans - California - Oakland - Portraits.
Whaling - California - Oakland
- Pictorial works.
Shorey, William T., 1859-1919 - Portraits.
Description:
Title from item. From the Royal E. Towns collection at the Oakland History Room,
Oakland Public Library. William T. Shorey of Oakland was active in the whaling industry from
1875 to 1908 and became the first African-American sea captain on the West Coast, obtaining
his certification in 1885. Negative number in Oakland History Room's collection : T-15.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Contributor:
Towns, Royal Edward, 1899-1990.
Date:
1905?
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier:
copl_083
Neg. T-15
Language:
eng
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.