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BOWEN G14.1-056
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- ca. 1934 (Creation)
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ca. 1934. El Primero - S. A. (Sam) Perkins' yacht. Photograph of the large yacht and passengers was taken circa 1934. Mr. Perkins was a well-known Tacoma businessman, active in civic matters, and publisher of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and News. The 108-foot steam yacht was built at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco in 1893 and brought to Tacoma in 1906 by banker Chester Thorne. He sold the steel vessel to S. A. Perkins in 1911. She underwent extensive rebuilding at Houghton for Mr. Perkins in 1926. El Primero was used in WWII as a naval patrol vessel and was returned to her owner, Mr. Perkins, in 1947. (Newell, "Maritime Events of 1911", H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 193-article; "Maritime Events of 1926," H.W. McCurdy, Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 373-article; "Maritime Events of 1947," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 546-article)