A guide to the Alexander Woodside photograph collection, 1890-1925
Processed by: L. Bianchi, July 2016.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
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2016
A Guide to the Alexander Woodside photograph collection
P77-025
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2016, National Park Service
Title: Alexander Woodside photograph collection
Date: 1890-1925
Identifier/Call Number: P77-025 (SAFR 24821)
Creator:
Woodside, Alexander, II
Physical Description:
20 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Alexander Woodside photograph collection, circa 1890-1925, (SAFR 24821, P77-025) is comprised of photographs related to
Captain Alexander Woodside, James Eillott Woodside, and the Pacific States Trading Company codfish processing station at Elliot
Cove, California. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
Access
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
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Processing Note
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the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter
experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P77-025 (SAFR 24821), Alexander Woodside photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00789
On December 5, 1977, Alexander Woodside II loaned a photograph album, a chart, and four photographic prints to the San Francisco
Maritime Museum. SFMM made 13 copy negatives. Prints were made from some of the copy negatives.
SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.
GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February
1985.
Historical or Biographical Note
This collection does not include a historical or biographical note.
Collection Scope and Content
The Alexander Woodside photograph collection, circa 1890-1925, (SAFR 24821, P77-025) is comprised of photographs related to
Captain Alexander Woodside, James Eillott Woodside, and the Pacific States Trading Company codfish processing station at Elliot
Cove, California. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Contains photographs of codfishing schooners, crew, and Woodside family members at the Pacific States Trading Company codfish
processing station located at Elliot Cove, California, in the Craquinez Strait, circa 1890-1925. There are 13 unique photographic
images in 20 physical forms (14 black-and-white copy negatives and 6 black-and-white photographic copy prints).
Includes photographs of Captain Alexander Woodside, president of the Pacific States Trading Company, and his son James Eillott
Woodside. Also includes photographs of OTTILLIE FJORD (built 1892; schooner, 3m) docked at Eillot Cove and her crewmembers
unloading cod. Other vessels photographed in the collection are TAURUS (built 1902; schooner, 4m), CAROLYN FRANCES (built
1918; schooner, 3m), and possibly the crew of C.T. HILL (built 1889; schooner, 2m).
Collection Arrangement
Arranged into two File Units: File Unit 1. Classified collection items; File Unit 2. Photo collection items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pacific cod fisheries
Schooners
Pacific States Trading Company
Carquinez Strait (Calif.)
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
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.
