If you've been in this game for awhile you come to realize that the things we pursue sometimes take circuitous routes before they find their way home to us.
Here's a recent example. If you know us you know we have a special thing for California police and fire badges. We've found them in a variety of unique and interesting places, but recently had the lesson driven home again when we took a call from a gent in Pittsburgh, PA.
It seems he'd inherited a couple of old San Francisco Fire Department buzzers, one a retirement badge and the other a San Francisco Fire Association badge, presented in 1925. Gold with ruby and diamond embellishments and lovely from the look of them.
We chatted and arranged to have them shipped back to the San Francisco Bay Area for inspection and purchase. The badges belonged to Capt. William J. Kenealey, a rootin-tootin' firefighting man who went five rounds with Jim Corbett and pulled off more than one rescue in his long and storied career.
We were able to determine this because along with the badges came a rather large box filled with correspondence, clippings and other items - including his log book. Great reading, and finally home again.
Nice to have you back in the San Francisco Bay Area, Capt. Kenealey. Welcome home.
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