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Hobson History Museum
We are excited to bring to Vanderhoof and the world the Hobson History Museum. This new edition to the community highlights the lives of Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson and his son and local Vanderhoof legend Rich Hobson Jr, plus many other influential people of the 20th Century.
Check back here regularly for new upcoming events and sneak peaks into what the Hobson History Museum has in store for historians, navy personnel, tourists and local residents alike.
Come join us this summer at the Hobson History Museum!
Hobson History Museum Collection Major Finds
In the last year and a half, the Hobson Project Team has been concentrating on sorting, identifying and cataloguing thousands of pictures and articles dating back to the civil war and up to 1966, covering the lives of Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson, his wife Grizelda Hull Hobson, their son Richmond Junior Hobson and families. Here are some of the major finds to date.
- Amongst the photos, we have discovered what is probably the largest collection anywhere of Richard Harrington pictures, featuring the ranches of both Pan Phillips and Rich Hobson.
- One of the very first ever faxes sent by telephone which includes the picture and accompanying documentation from a senior executive of AT&T. You won’t believe the year!
- Work continues on the Navy official documents and photos of the launching and commissioning of the US Naval Destroyer DD-464 USS Hobson. The USS Hobson collection awards a rare glimpse into how the Secretary of the Navy and the sponsor of a ship, in this case, Mrs. Grizelda Hobson communicated for the launching ceremonies.