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Title: Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) photograph
Date: 1891-1914
Identifier/Call Number: P15-001 (SAFR 24431)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) photograph, 1891-1914, (SAFR 24431, P15-001) is comprised of one photograph of the Clyde-built
vessel.
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], P15-001 (SAFR 24431), Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) photograph, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-02326
The photograph was donated to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in 2014.
Historical or Biographical Note
Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) was a steel bark built at Greenock, Scotland, by Russell & Company for Bruusgaard, Kiosterud
& Company of Drammen, Norway. The bark was surveyed in San Francisco, California, in January 1897 and visited other Pacific
ports, including Newcastle, Australia; Valparaiso, Chile; and Seattle, Washington. Nordlyset wrecked on November 10, 1914,
on Mutton Island Rock, Galway Bay, Ireland, on a voyage from Canada to Great Britain with a load of timber.
Collection Scope and Content
The Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) photograph, 1891-1914, (SAFR 24431, P15-001) is comprised of one photograph of the Clyde-built
vessel.
Contains one photograph of Nordlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m) anchored off an unidentified coast, 1891-1914. The black-and-white
silver gelatin photographic print measures 8 x 10 in. The view is slightly off the starboard bow. The vessel is flying four
flags. The Bruusgaard, Kiosterud & Company houseflag is on the mainmast, a pennant with the vessel's name is on the mizzenmast,
and the flag of Norway is flying off the gaff. The flag on the foremast is not identified.
Collection Arrangement
Single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Barks (Sailing ships)
rdlyset (built 1891; bark, 3m)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Gelatin silver prints