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A guide to the Alexander Woodside photograph collection, 1890-1925
P77-025 (SAFR 24821)  
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Classified collection storage

File Unit 1.  Classified collection items, circa 1890-1925

Extent: 10 photographs (15 physical forms).
Physical Description: 11 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in. and smaller; 4 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of photographs separated from the original P77-025 donation and assigned item numbers according to a classification scheme developed by the San Francisco Maritime Museum.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. B16.35424.  Barnes and Tibbitts shipyard, Alameda, California, circa 1915-1925

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

TAURUS (built 1902; schooner, 4m) and an unidentified three-masted ship are in drydock.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C01.35423.  Ottillie Fjord (built 1892; schooner, 3m) at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1906-1915

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: Black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

View off the port bow, looking astern. Docked at the Pacific States Trading Company codfish drying camp.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C01.35432.  Ottillie Fjord (built 1892; schooner, 3m) at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1906-1915

Extent: 1 photograph (3 physical forms).
Physical Description: 2 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 4 x 6.5 in., n (5 x 7 in.), n (2) (5 x 7 in.), pl (4 x 6-1/2 in.)

Scope and Content Note

View off the port bow while docked at the Pacific States Trading Company codfish preparation camp.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C09.35429.  C.T. Hill (built 1889; schooner, 2m) crew on deck at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1906-1907

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 6 in., n (5 x 6 in.)

Scope and Content Note

"'Probably C.T. HILL.' (K.K.)" is typed on the envelope.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C09.35431.  Ottillie Fjord (built 1892; schooner, 3m) at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1906-1915

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

Two men are pitching cod from aboard OTTILLIE FJORD at the Pacific States Trading Company cod preparation camp.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C12.35425.  Pacific States Trading Company cod preparation camp at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1906-1915

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

Pitching cod from OTILLIE FJORD.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C12.35430.  Pacific States Trading Company cod preparation camp at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1905-1915

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. C23.35428.  James Elliott Woodside and his wife at the family home near Elliot Cove, California, circa 1900-1910

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in., n (5 x 7 in.), pl (8 x 10 in.)

Scope and Content Note

Mr. And Mrs. Woodside are in the carriage on the right.
According to Alexander Woodside II in 1979, "the other people might be members of the Cummings family - friends. I believe this property was between Elliot Cove and the bay around Benicia."
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. P50.35427.  Captain Alexander Woodside studio portrait in Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1890-1900

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in., n (5 x 7 in.), pl (8 x 10 in.)

Scope and Content Note

Photograhed at Gran-Fotografia Platense studio.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. P52.35426.  James Elliott Woodside aboard an unidentified vessel, Elliot Cove, California, circa 1900-1910

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 5 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in., n (5 x 5 in.), pl (8 x 10 in.)

Scope and Content Note

On right. Son of Captain Alexander Woodside. Unidentified young man on the left.
 

File Unit 2.  Photo collection items, circa 1900-1925

Extent: 3 photographs (5 physical forms).
Physical Description: 3 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in. and smaller; 2 black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of photographs from the original P77-025 donation that were processed as part of the Park's regular photograph collection. They were not assigned a Classified Photograph Collection item number.
 

Item No. 1.  Alexander Woodside standing on a dock with a young woman and girl, circa 1900-1915

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

In view in the background are a lifeboat and a steam stack possibly of RESTLESS (tugboat). According to Alexander Woodside II in 1979, the young woman might be "the wife of a cousin of my mother's."
 

Item No. 2.  Alexander Woodside and James Elliott Woodside with unidentified people at the Pacific States Trading Company cod fishing station at Elliot Cove, California, circa 1900-1915

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4.75 x 6.75 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alexander is on the right and James is on the left. In between them are two men, two women, and two children. According to Alexander Woodside II in 1979, "in every picture he [Alexander] has that oversize Shriner pin on."
 

Item No. 3.  Carolyn Frances (built 1918; schooner, 3m) docked, starboard view, 1918-1925

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4.75 x 7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Outfitted as a whaler. The vessel's name was later changed to CHARLES BROWER.