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Title: Captain Black Family Collection
Dates: 1889-1966
Collection Number: BFC
Creator/Collector:
Black, Arthur Joseph, 1901-1980
Black, Martin Louis, III, 1926-2001
Black, Martin Louis, Jr., 1895-1977
Black, Martin Louis, Sr., 1866-1936
Extent: 0.85 linear feet
Repository:
Wilmington Historical Society
Wilmington, California 90744
Abstract: The Captain Black Family Collection documents the daily lives of family members, their activities, associations, occupations,
and interests in and around the Wilmington and San Pedro, California areas, between 1889 and 1966. The collection includes
World War II related materials, family and individual photographs, personal records, household receipts, invitations to events,
books, and registers related to seafaring. The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creators of this collection has not been transferred
to the Wilmington Historical Society. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law beyond that
allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially
exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Captain Black Family Collection. Collection Number: BFC. Wilmington Historical Society
The source and date of acquisition are unknown.
Biography/Administrative History
Please see finding aid with box list for biographical history.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Captain Black Family Collection documents the daily lives of family members, their activities, associations, occupations,
and interests in and around the Wilmington and San Pedro, California areas, between 1889 and 1966. The collection consists
of World War II related materials, family and individual photographs, personal records, household receipts, invitations to
events, and other papers. It also includes a small collection of books belonging to Louis Martin Black Sr. and Martin Louis
Black Jr., most notably Six Horses, written by William Banning and George H. Banning. Collection highlights include a speech
by Captain Louis Black Sr. commemorating the naming of the tugboat “Captain Louis Black,” Fireman’s Fund Registers documenting
vessels on the Pacific Coast of the US and Hawaiian Islands (1928, 1930), and a scrapbook belonging to Arthur Joseph Black
(photocopies), which includes early photographs of ships and crew members and newspaper clippings related to the first ship
to shore airmail delivery between Honolulu and San Pedro. The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Fraternal organizations
Tugboats
World War II
Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Department
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Books
Documents
Ephemera
Photographic materials
Scrapbooks