[Miss Velda Tilden attempting to cross San Francisco Bay in 'Sheldon's Water Walker']

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Local identifier: MOR-0545
Title: [Miss Velda Tilden attempting to cross San Francisco Bay in 'Sheldon's Water Walker']
Date: [1921 Sept. 28]
Issuance: monographic
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue
Collection Number: SFP 39
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 18 cm. (6 3/4 x 7 in.)
Form: electronic resource
Use and Reproduction: RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.
Note: Box P710 -- Folder: Tilden, A-Z
Newscopy: "IT'S EASY TO 'WALK ON THE WATER' WITH THIS CONTRAPTION. Miss Velma Tilden, of San Francisco, is shown attempting to cross San Francisco Bay in 'Sheldon's Water Walker'. Adverse tides forded her to quit after two hours. The 'Walker', invented by A.N. Sheldon, of Ventura, Calif., is built of sheet metal and consists of two pontoons sliding in a frame work. Hinged metal fins fold back and slip thru the water as a pontoon is pushed forward by the walker's foot. Then they open out and resist the water. A rudder, steering post and tiller enable the odd craft to be guided, while a cracker box provides a seat for the wearied aqua-pedestrian."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs--North America
Bibliographic Number: .b10400242
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:154554