A guide to the William H. Grunwald photographs, circa 1960-1997

Processed by: Amy Croft and M. Crawford, February 2012.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
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2016

A Guide to the William H. Grunwald photographs

P99-007

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2016, National Park Service

Title: William H. Grunwald photographs
Date: circa 1960-1997
Identifier/Call Number: P99-007 (SAFR 19671)
Creator: Grunwald, William H. (1921-1998)
Physical Description: 130 items. Some items available online.
Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The William H. Grunwald photographs, circa 1960-1997, (SAFR 19671, P99-007) are comprised of photographs (3 boxes containing 3 photograph albums, 124 loose photographic prints, 3 textual items) of boats that Grunwald built from the 1960s-1990s. The boats are shown being constructed at the boat shop Aeolus Boats, in Davenport, California, and under way in various bodies of water in the San Francisco Bay Area. The collection has been processed to the file unit level.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s): In English.

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Preferred Citation

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P99-007 (SAFR 19671), William H. Grunwald photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Acquisition Information

SAFR-01383
On June 29, 1999, Ursula Grunwald donated the following materials to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: one linear foot of documents, correspondence, etc.; approximately 50 photographs and 3 photograph albums; and 1 decal for the Elkhorn Yacht Club. The manuscripts have been cataloged as SAFR 21610, HDC 1347; the decal has been cataloged as SAFR 18960; the photographs are all cataloged in this collection (SAFR 19671, P99-007).

Historical or Biographical Note

William H. Grunwald was one of the most established and prominent boat builders in Northern California during the second half of the 20th century. He usually went by the name of Bill Grunwald and he owned the boat shop Aeolus Boats in Davenport, California for over 40 years.
William H. Grunwald was born in Seattle, Washington on June 7, 1921 and was raised in Alameda, California. He had two brothers, Gerry and Tom. Grunwald's parents belonged to the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda, where he and the other children would watch the adults build boats. Bill started building boats with the other children at the age of 10, since they weren't allowed to help the adults at the Yacht Club. Grunwald graduated from Alameda High School and later served as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Army Air Force during World War II. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a degree in journalism. Bill held a variety of jobs after he graduated, including teaching elementary school in Oakland, selling insurance and Bibles, commercial fishing, and building houses.
In the early 1950s, he decided that he wanted to build boats full time and he purchased an old barn in Davenport, California. He named his custom boatbuilding business Aeolus Boats; Aeolus is the god of the winds in Greek mythology. The business was also known as Aeolus Boatworks. Grunwald started building El Toros (eight foot sailboats) but after building about a hundred of them, decided that he couldn't compete with mass production of these popular boats. He switched to building boats to order and concentrated on about 26 models, consisting of rowing boats, punts, dories, and yacht tenders. The dories included sailing and rowing models and ranged in size from 12 to 18 feet in length. The yacht tenders came in eight models: Herreshoff pram, Jiffy Skiffs (fore 'n' aft models and sailing models), and lapstrake dinghys. Grunwald also built gunning skiffs for duck hunters, which included a 12 foot junior size sneak boat and the following 14 foot models: a South Bay sneak box, an Alviso mud boat, a New Hampshire ducking skiff, and a San Leandro scull boat. Bill also built several types of powered skipjacks (though the owner would add the engine, not Grunwald) and some Whitehall boats. In an interview with Hal Painter in November 1967, Grunwald indicated that the Whitehall was his favorite boat and also the type that he most enjoyed building.
Grunwald's obituary in the Santa Cruz Sentinel notes that his "small boat shop carved its place in boat history with its many preserved vessels having designs dating back to the Victorian age and before." Indeed, "Grunwald's love of traditional boat designs extended the life of the Grand Banks Dory" into the 20th Century. His wife of 49 years, Ursula, described him as a craftsman: "In a way he was a renegade by insisting on building wooden boats when the trend now is plastic." She continued, "It's a matter of naval architecture, in a way, while there is much of that lacking out there. He also inspired many novice boat builders to become some of the best around. He was very quiet in a way, but has had much influence."
Grunwald died on August 23, 1998. The Traditional Small Craft Association holds the Bill Grunwald Memorial Row every year at Elkhorn Slough, halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey, to honor his memory.

Sources:

  • "William Grunwald, boat builder, dies at 77." Santa Cruz Sentinel, August 25, 1998.
  • Fletcher, Leon. "Davenport's Classic Boat Builder: A Yankee Craft Thrives on Monterey Bay." Monterey Life (January 1980): 71-72. Print.
  • Fletcher, Leon. "Bill Grunwald: 26 Different Boats to Order." WoodenBoat 37 (Nov.-Dec. 1980): 36-39. Print.
  • Painter, Hal. "A Call to Feather Your Oars: Rebirth of the nostalgic, able, stout, gentlemanly, virtuous, rather lovable Whitehall dory." Rudder (November 1967): p. 35-37, 57. Print.
  • Stoye, Bill. "Remembering William H. 'Bill' Grunwald: June 7, 1921-August 23, 1998." The Ash Breeze, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring 2008), http://www.tsca.net/pdf/tab/TABv29-1.pdf, accessed February 2, 2012.

Collection Scope and Content

The William H. Grunwald photographs, circa 1960-1997, (SAFR 19671, P99-007) are comprised of photographs (3 boxes containing 3 photograph albums, 124 loose photographic prints, 3 textual items) of boats that Grunwald built from the 1960s-1990s. The boats are shown being constructed at the boat shop Aeolus Boats, in Davenport, California, and under way in various bodies of water in the San Francisco Bay Area. The collection has been processed to the file unit level.
Collection contains photographs of the interior and exterior of Aeolus Boats, boats under construction, finished boats, boats on the water and portraits of Bill Grunwald. There are many photographs of Bill Grunwald at work and rowing boats in the water. Also includes a few photographs of Ursula Grunwald, John Heavey, Victor Larson, Rafael Meng, and Barry Sandell. A few of the photographs were sent to Grunwald by customers and acquaintances.

Collection Arrangement

Arranged into two series: Series 1: Grunwald boat photograph albums and corresponding loose photographs, circa 1960-1987 and Series 2: Aeolus Boats, boats built by Grunwald, and other photographs, circa 1960-1997.
There are photographs in Series 2, file unit 4 that appear to have been separated from the correspondence in HDC 1347 (William Grunwald papers). They were left in place in this collection.

Related Materials

William Grunwald clippings, 1967-1998 (SAFR 21611, HDC 1348). Consists of 1 folder of photocopies of nearly 30 years of newspaper and magazine articles about Grunwald from Alta Vista Magazine, Clear Lake Observer, Lake County Record-Bee, Marin-Scope, Monterey Life, Peninsula Living, Rudder, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sports Afield and Wooden Boat.
William Grunwald papers, 1944-2000 (SAFR 21610, HDC 1347). Includes applications, articles, boating publications, brochures, catalogs, clippings, correspondence, financial records, flyers, invoices, manuals, marine architectural drawings, newsletters, photographs and receipts.
Elkhorn Yacht Club decal (SAFR 18960).
Sailing Pram (SAFR 20419). Gremlin Class sailing pram built by Bill Grunwald in the 1960s.
  • This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boatbuilders--California
Boatbuilding--California
Wooden boats--Design and construction
Dinghies--Design and construction
Dories (Boats)
Design and construction
Punts (boats)
Design and construction
Skiffs--Design and construction
Yachts--Design and construction
olus Boats (Firm)
venport (Calif.)
Black-and-white prints
Photograph albums
Color prints (photographs)
Boatbuilding

Boxes 1-3

Series 1.  Grunwald boat photograph albums and corresponding loose photographs, circa 1960-1987

Extent: 40 items (3 photograph albums and 37 loose photographic prints)

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of boats under construction at the boat shop Aeolus Boats, and boats in use, either at dock or on the water. Includes some photographs of Bill Grunwald and other men working on boats inside Aeolus Boats. Some of the photographs were taken by the professional photographer Reg McGovern for use in a Redwood City Tribune newspaper article written about Bill and the shop in 1974. Photograph album #2 contains several photos of an Asa Thompson skiff at the foot of Hyde Street Pier in June 1987, one of which shows the bow of C.A. THAYER in the background. It is likely that Grunwald built the skiff, because there is correspondence in HDC 1347 that indicates that Grunwald was commissioned to build 3 flat bottomed skiffs by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area National Maritime Museum. Two were delivered to Hyde Street Pier on October 5, 1983 and one was delivered on September 7, 1984.

Arrangement

Arranged into 3 file units:

  • File Unit 1: Album #1 and corresponding loose prints
  • File Unit 2: Album #2 and corresponding loose prints
  • File Unit 3: Album #3 and corresponding loose prints
Box 1, Folder 1; Box 3, Folder 1

File Unit 1.  Album #1 and corresponding loose prints, circa 1960-1977

Extent: 2 folders (1 photograph album and 28 photographic prints).
Physical Description: One photograph album with a straw cover, which contains black-and-white and color photographic prints of various sizes, ranging from 3.5 x 5 in. to 8 x 10 in.; 28 loose black-and-white prints.

Scope and Content Note

Album #1: includes photographs of: the emblem or brass plaque used for marking his boats; Bill Grunwald in front of his shop; interior views of the shop, showing boats under construction, some with Bill Grunwald working on them; three men in a rowboat in the ocean; finished boats outside the shop; Bill Grunwald lounging in a boat (possibly his Whitehall).
Loose photographs: Some of the loose photographs are duplicate images of those found in the album, or are alternate views taken during the same photo session. Some of the photographs in the album and the loose photographs were taken by professional photographers, for use in articles written on Bill Grunwald and his shop. The loose photographs and the album pages that they correspond to are: Men launching row boat in ocean, circa 1965 (boat has hull registration number CF 5253 CS). Bill Grunwald is in some of the photos. "Vester Dick photography" stamped on back of photographs - 2 black-and-white contact sheets (8 x 10 in.) and two black-and-white prints (8 x 10 in.) that correspond to pages 7-8 in Album #1; Photographs taken by Reg McGovern (Reginald McGovern) for newspaper article on Grunwald. Article was written by Jim Gallagher for the Redwood City Tribune and was published on February 16, 1974. Includes photographs of Grunwald standing next to boats in his shop (including one boat with hull registration number CF 7657 EK), Grunwald in front of the shop, Grunwald's builders Victor Larson and Rafael Meng, and Redwood City resident John Heavey rowing his Grunwald-built boat in the San Francisco Bay. 24 black-and-white prints (8 x 10 in.) that correspond to pages 2-5, 9, 12 in Album #1.
Box 1, Folder 1

Item No. 17.03.  Bill Grunwald displaying a boat he built, circa 1960-1977

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Black-and-white photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.
Box 1, Folder 1

Item No. 20.01.  Bill Grunwald reclined in the bottom of his boat, circa 1960-1977

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.
Box 1, Folder 2; Box 3, Folder 2

File Unit 2.  Album #2 and corresponding loose prints, 1965-1991

Extent: 2 folders (1 photograph album and 4 photographic prints).
Physical Description: One photograph album with a straw cover, which contains black-and-white and color photographic prints of various sizes, ranging from 3.5 x 5 in. to 8 x 10 in.; 4 loose color prints.

Scope and Content Note

Album #2: includes photographs of: a sign for Aeolus Boats with Chinese characters on it; interior views of the shop, showing boats under construction, some with Bill Grunwald working on them; finished boats outside the shop; people rowing boats in the water, including Bill Grunwald; an Asa Thompson skiff at the foot of Hyde Street Pier (in June 1987), one photo with the C.A. THAYER bow in the background.
Loose photographs: Some of the loose photographs are duplicate images of those found in the album, or are alternate views taken during the same photo session. The loose photographs and the album pages that they correspond to are: Bill Grunwald rowing a boat, circa 1970s-1980s. 1 color print, 3.5 x 5 in. Corresponds to photos taken in Album #2, page 16; Grunwald's boat shop, including one photo showing the sign "Aeolus Boats" with Chinese lettering, hanging inside shop. One photograph of Bill Grunwald working on boat. 1991. 3 color prints, 4 x 6 in. These photographs correspond to others taken in Album #2, page 19.
Box 1, Folder 2

Item No. 02.01.  Aeolus Boat Shop, Davenport, California, circa 1965-1975

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Exterior view of Grunwald's boat shop in Davenport, California.
Box 1, Folder 2

Item No. 04.02.  Bill Grunwald rowing a boat with other people in boats nearby, circa 1965-1991

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Grunwald seen in the center, rowing among other boaters on the water. It is unknown which of the boats pictured that Grunwald built.
Box 1, Folder 2

Item No. 18.03.  Grunwald working on a boat in his boatshop, circa 1965-1975

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Grunwald is standing next to a boat he is framing. He has a saw in his hand and is looking at the camera.
Box 2, Folder 1; Box 3, Folder 3

File Unit 3.  Album #3 and corresponding loose prints, circa 1970-1987

Extent: 2 folders (1 photograph album and 5 photographic prints).
Physical Description: One photograph album with a straw cover, which contains color photographic prints of various sizes, ranging from 3.5 x 5 in. to 8 x 10 in.; 5 loose color prints.

Scope and Content Note

Album #3: includes photographs of: interior views of the shop, showing boats under construction; people rowing boats in the water, including Bill Grunwald; boats with hull registration numbers CF 1171 FT, CF 4749 GW; the MOWE S.C. being brought to the harbor, lowered into the water, and with people on board; the SIMONE S.C.; launching of the GRUNWALD (CF 4859 HY) in January 1987 with Ursula Grunwald, Bill Grunwald, and Barry Sandell on the pier behind it; Bill Grunwald rowing in the Alameda Sound in May 1987; Harry Sucher's boat in the water, 1992.
Loose photographs: Some of the loose photographs are duplicate images of those found in the album, or are alternate views taken during the same photo session. The loose photographs and the album pages that they correspond to are: Bill Grunwald rowing in Alameda Sound, May 1987. 3 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. These correspond to Album #3, page 15; Harry Sucher's boat, 1992. 2 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. These correspond to Album #3, page 16.
Box 2, Folder 1

Item No. 02.03.  Boat under construction; hull and keel view at Aeolus Boat Shop, 1970-1987

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Keel and hull view of a boat on blocks, under construction, at Grunwald's Aeolus Boat Shop. This view provides shows the planking and underside of the vessel.
Box 2, Folder 1

Item No. 03.02.  Boats under construction at Aeolus Boat Shop, 1970-1987

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Keel and hull view of a boat on blocks, under construction, at Grunwald's Aeolus Boat Shop.
Box 2, Folder 1

Item No. 06.04.  Grunwald boat on its way to the water, circa 1970-1987

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

An unidentified vessel, built by Bill Grunwald, suspended by a Harbor Marine, Inc. crane.
Boxes 2-3

Series 2.  Aeolus Boats, boats built by Grunwald, and other photographs, circa 1960-1997

Extent: 90 items (5 folders containing 87 photographic prints and 3 textual materials)

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of Aeolus Boats, boats under construction, finished boats, boats on the water and portraits of Bill Grunwald. Also includes some photographs sent to Bill by customers and acquaintances.

Arrangement

Arranged into 5 file units:

  • File Unit 1: Aeolus Boats
  • File Unit 2: Boats under way and at dock
  • File Unit 3: Portraits of Bill Grunwald
  • File Unit 4: Photographs from customers and acquaintances
  • File Unit 5: Unidentified boats
Box 3, Folder 4

File Unit 1.  Aeolus Boats, circa 1970-1990s

Extent: 1 folder (5 envelopes: 16 photographic prints).
Physical Description: Color and black-and-white prints.

Scope and Content Note

Contains exterior views of the shop and interior views of the shop showing boats under construction.
Envelope 1: Boat under construction, showing the interior of the boat, circa 1980. 1 color print, 3.5 x 5 in. Envelope 2: Two exterior views of the boat shop, both showing the "A.D. 1908" sign. 2 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 3: Interior views of Aeolus Boat shop, circa 1970-1980. Various views of boats, most under construction. Grunwald and an unidentified man are working on the boats in several of the photographs. 6 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 4: Work bench in Aeolus Boats, circa 1975-1980. Interior wall with ephemera, plans, and drawing board on a work bench. 1 black-and-white print, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 5: Interior and exterior views of Aeolus Boats, circa 1990s. Exterior views show the signs "Aeolus Boats" (on an oar) and "A.D. 1908". Interior views show a photograph of a sailboat mounted on a piece of wood and hung on a window; wooden duck decoys and posters on the walls; wooden oars, tools, and other supplies hung on a wall. 6 color prints, 8 x 10 in.
Box 3, Folder 5

File Unit 2.  Boats under way and at dock, circa 1970-1991

Extent: 1 folder (11 envelopes: 30 photographic prints).
Physical Description: Color and black-and-white prints.

Scope and Content Note

Contains photographs of boats that Bill Grunwald built, under way and at dock in various unidentified bodies of water. Includes photographs of Bill Grunwald in various boats.
Envelope 1: Boat near dock, circa 1970-1980. Hull registration number 5577 HM. 1 color print, 3.5 x 5.25 in. Envelope 2: Unidentified man lying in a boat in the water, circa 1970-1985. 1 black-and-white print, 3.5 x 5 in. Envelope 3: Two unidentified men in a boat underway (with hull registration number CF 2638 CP), circa 1980. Three unidentified people in a boat underway, circa 1980. 2 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. Envelope 4: Bill Grunwald in a boat underway (possibly his Whitehall; has hull registration number CF 4749 GW), 1985 June. 4 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. Envelope 5: Bill Grunwald and an unidentified man in a boat in an unidentified marina, 1990 January 27. Two unidentified people in a boat alongside a dock in an unidentified marina, with people gathered on the dock, 1990. 2 color prints, (1) 4 x 6 in. and (1) 5 x 7 in. Envelope 6: Bill Grunwald at the stern of an unidentified boat underway (possibly his Whitehall), circa 1990. 1 color print, 4 x6 in. Envelope 7: Boats at dock, circa 1990-1995. Hull registration numbers in view: CF 2526 GB, CF 2528 GB, CF 6562 EU. 1 color print, 4 x 5 in. Envelope 8: Two boats at dock (both have the hull registration number CF 4749 GW), circa 1975-1990. Close-up of foot pedals in boat interior. 2 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 9: Bill Grunwald and three unidentified men on a boat in the water, circa 1980. Boat hull registration number CF 4749 GW. 5 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 10: Bill Grunwald and an unidentified man in a row boat on the water, circa 1990s. 7 color prints, (6) 3.5 x 4.75 in. and (1) 8 x 12 in. Envelope 11: Various views of boats on the water with unidentified people on board and a panoramic view of boats at dock, 1997. Hull registration numbers in view: CF 4578 KR, CF 1229 HS, CF 7830 GZ, and CF 5650 AH LEVATHAN. 4 color prints, (3) 4 x 7 in. and (1) 4 x 11.5 in.
Box 2, Folder 2

File Unit 3.  Portraits of Bill Grunwald, circa 1960s-1980s

Extent: 1 folder (5 envelopes: 7 photographic prints and 1 manuscript letter).
Physical Description: Color and black-and-white prints.

Scope and Content Note

Envelope 1: Bill Grunwald holding a small boat hull on its side to display the interior, circa 1975-1985. 1 color print, 3.5 x 5 in. Envelope 2: Bill Grunwald leaning against a boat on a trailer in front of his boat shop, circa 1975-1985. 1 color print, 3.5 x 4.5 in. Envelope 3: Bill Grunwald and Ursula (?) standing in front of a wooden sail boat on display, circa 1960s. "Aeolus Boats, 69-54-1" written on the back of the print. "Hal Randall; Photographer; 335 El Dorado Drive, Daly City, California, 94016; 755-3088" stamped on the back of the print. 1 black-and-white print, 8 x 10 in. Envelope 4: Grunwald seated in a boat on the water, circa 1980. Boat hull registration number CF 4749 GW. 1 color print, 9 x 14 in. Bill Grunwald at work on a hull in his boat shop, circa 1980-1990. 1 black-and-white print, 8 x 10 in. One letter to Bill from Rick Theobald, regarding a visit when Rick took photos, and possibly referencing the fact that Rick sent Bill one of the photos in this envelope. It is unclear which photograph(s) in this envelope this letter refers to, if any. Envelope 5: Close-up photograph of Bill Grunwald and one photograph of Bill in his shop, circa 1967. The latter photograph was published in an article "A Call to Feather Your Oars: Rebirth of the nostalgic, able, stout, gentlemanly, virtuous, rather lovable Whitehall dory" by author and photographer Hal Painter, in November 1967. A copy of the article is in the collection file. 2 black-and-white prints, 8.5 x 12 in. and 8.5 x 14 in. "Hal Painter; Box 88; Brookdale, Calif. 95007" stamped on the back of both of the prints.
Box 2, Folder 2

Item No. 02.  Bill Grunwald standing in front of his shop with a boat, circa 1960s-1980s circa 1960s-1980s circa 1960s-1980s

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Color photographic print., 3.5 x 4.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Grunwald standing in front of his shop, leaning on one of the boats that he built.
Box 3, Folder 6

File Unit 4.  Photographs from customers and acquaintances, 1978-1997

Extent: 1 folder (3 envelopes: 30 photographic prints and 2 textual materials).
Physical Description: Color and black-and-white prints, one manuscript letter, one mailing envelope.

Scope and Content Note

Envelope 1: Photographs of a black rowboat with a red bottom on Bill Spear's property in Juneau, Alaska, circa 1988-1989. Includes a photograph of the guest house. 6 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. Photographs sent from Spear to Grunwald, circa 1988-1989. There are other photographs (likely from this same photo session) in HDC 1347, Folder 23. Envelope 2: LOBO I (boat), circa 1997 May. 19 color prints, 3.5 x 5 in. Photographs sent to Grunwald on May 28, 1997, by Bob Lockner (see HDC 1347, Folder 14 for correspondence regarding these photographs). Lockner wanted Grunwald to build LOBO II and sent these photographs of LOBO I to be used as reference. It is unknown if Grunwald built the LOBO II (it was intended to be a wooden surf dory). The hull registration number for LOBO I is CF 6246 CR. Envelope 3: Photographs and a letter from Geoffrey Grosguth to Bill Grunwald dated December 19, 1978, and postmarked February 5, 1979. The photographs show a model of a Whitehall skiff model that Grosguth indicates that he built with Grunwald's advice. 4 loose black-and-white prints, 5 x 7 in. 1 black-and-white print (5 x 7 in.) affixed to paper (8.5 x 11 in.). 2 textual materials (1 manuscript letter, 1 mailing envelope).
Box 3, Folder 7

File Unit 5.  Unidentified boats, circa 1960-1980, 1995

Extent: 1 folder (2 envelopes: 4 photographic prints).
Physical Description: Color and black-and-white prints.

Scope and Content Note

Envelope 1: Two small model boats on someone's deck, 1995. "Bill's contribution to the [oampans] of Hong Kong," written on the back. 1 color print, 4 x 6 in. Envelope 2: Unidentified boats under construction, circa 1960-1980. Three views of boats, most likely built by Grunwald, on blocks outside what appears to be a boat shop. 3 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 in.