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Historical or Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Content
Collection Arrangement
Title: Captain John Leale autograph books
Date: 1910-1963
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0112 (SAFR 14027)
Physical Description:
2 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Captain John Leale autograph books (SAFR 14027, HDC 112) collection is comprised of two volumes created between 1910-1963.
Volume one covers the years between 1910-1939 and volume two 1939-1963. They list the names of passengers and military officers,
contain short entries, addresses, newspaper clippings and letters from shipbuilders. The newspaper clippings are about the
CITY OF PEKING (passenger vessel) and the battleship BENNINGTON. This collection has been processed to the collection level
and is open for use without restrictions.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0112 (SAFR 14027), Captain John Leale autograph books, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
Captain John Leale was born in 1850 in Guernsey. He came to San Francisco in 1864, and was employed around 1880, originally
with the South Pacific Coast Narrow Gauge Service. He served as captain on numerous ferry steamers, including ENCINAL, GARDEN
CITY, OAKLAND, BAY CITY, PIEDMONT, and NEWARK. Captain Leale retired in 1914 after 36 years of continuous service aboard ferry
steamers in San Francisco Bay. He died in San Francisco on December 31, 1932. An older brother, William G. Leale, also served
as a ship captain aboard vessels in San Francisco Bay. Researchers should review Captain John Leale's autobiography titled
Recollections of a Tule Sailor.
Collection Scope and Content
The Captain John Leale autograph books (SAFR 14027, HDC 112) collection is comprised of two volumes created between 1910-1963.
Volume one covers the years between 1910-1939 and volume two 1939-1963. They list the names of passengers and military officers,
contain short entries, addresses, newspaper clippings and letters from shipbuilders. The newspaper clippings are about the
CITY OF PEKING (passenger vessel) and the battleship BENNINGTON. This collection has been processed to the collection level
and is open for use without restrictions.
Names of note that appear in the volumes include John McLaren, Superintendent of Golden Gate Park from 1887 to 1943, members
of the Ghiradelli family, painter W.A. Coulter, Captain Fred Klebingat and Karl and Jean Kortum.
Collection Arrangement
This is a collection of two items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
sea poetry
Passenger vessels
Leale, Captain John
City of Peking (passenger vessel)
Autograph books