Zipse家族对我们非常友好，并捐赠了另一个令牌General Slocum, this time from Bill (William) Zipse, another grandson of the survivor William F. Zipse.
Like the other donated token, this piece was in William Zipse’s pocket whenGeneral Slocumcaught fire and sank on June 15, 1904 and he carried it with him for the rest of his life in memorial of those that lost their lives, including his five siblings. We have been unable to find another token like this, so as far as we can tell, it is the only one in existence.
我们在Mariners的博物馆中收到了很多惊人的捐款，但是现在，我们接受了一些令人惊叹和触摸的故事，我们无法帮助而受到影响。最近捐赠的一个是由Knickerbocker Steamship公司的一分之一的令牌，由Robert Zipse捐赠。这个令牌和其他人喜欢它，用于在一艘Knickerbocker公司船上购买商品。是什么让这个特殊的令牌（如下图所示）如此特别是由一个人在一天内改变的人所依赖的感情和意义，这是应该充满欢乐和乐趣的一天。
1904年6月15日,圣马克的福音派路德Church chartered the Knickerbocker SteamboatGeneral Slocumfor their annual excursion and picnic to Locust Grove. St. Mark’s was located in area of Manhattan known as Little Germany as there was a large population of German immigrants in the neighborhood, including many who had only recently arrived. As this excursion was on a weekday, it was mostly attended by women and children. This included William F. Zipse (pictured below in 1906) who at the time was 15 years old, his mother Sophie Zipse (pictured below on the day of her wedding) and William’s five siblings, Sophia (17), Mary (13), Louise (10), Helen (3) and Albert (1).
As some people may have heard, we recently opened a new exhibition…in our bathrooms! It’s calledA Head of its Timeand features a brief history on going at sea with the tag line of “You have to go…to see”. And of course it can be found in all of the public restrooms in the museum, on the walls, stalls and even above urinals. This was the brainchild of the Museum’s late President John Hightower who came up with the idea as a joke. Others realized the potential of such an exhibition and our VP Anna Holloway took charge of making this into a reality. The artwork for the panels was done by Walt Taylor, political cartoonist for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
Below are some of the images and facts found in this exhibition.
A couple months ago, Captain Jim Bailie of Norfolk Fire-Rescue called us to ask about items in our collection related to Thomas Kevill. Kevill was the first paid Fire Chief in Norfolk and a Civil War veteran who served on the CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads March 8-9, 1862 as the officer in charge of gun #9.
由于Kevill的后裔的慷慨，我们有两张他的肖像，他的炮兵腰带和扣，他的军事服务证明和纪念火徽章。
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