Finding Aid to the Oakland (Calif.) Harbor Postcard, 1910
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2007
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Finding Aid to the Oakland (Calif.) harbor postcard, 1910
Collection Number: P05-024
San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkHistoric Documents Department
San Francisco, California
- San Francisco Maritime
- National Historical Park
- Third Floor, Building E, Fort Mason
- San Francisco, CA 94123
- Phone: 415-561-7030
- Fax: 415-556-3540
- All written inquiries should include your name, mailing address, and telephone numbers.
- Processed by:
- Charles Miller
- Date Completed:
- 4/27/2005
- Encoded by:
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park,
Historic Documents Department
Title: Oakland (Calif.) harbor postcard,
Date: 1910
Collection No: P05-024
Creator:
Mitchell, Edward H.
Extent:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.)
Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
Abstract: A single color photomechanical postcard of the Southern Pacific Company's wharf in Oakland's Inner Harbor.
Physical Location: Historic Documents Department
Language:
In English.
The following are indexing terms related to the description of this collection.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Oakland Inner Harbor (Calif.)
Postcards
Access Information
Access
This collection is open for research.
Access Information
Condition Restrictions
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There are no restrictions based on the condition of this material. However, you should be aware that access to collection material is always at the discretion of NPS curatorial staff if the condition warrants restricting the access and handling of the collection items at any time.
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Preferred Citation
[Item title or description including date]. Oakland (Calif.) harbor postcard, P05-024. [Location within collection organization
identified by container number, series number, file unit number, or item number]. Historic Documents Department, San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park.
Processing/Project Information
Processing and Cataloging
Processed by Charles Miller and completed 4/27/2005.
ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20712.
The collection is cataloged in the National Park Service (NPS) Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+). A portion of the ANCS+ catalog record can be viewed on the NPS Museum Collections on the Web Catalog by searching on the catalog number 20712 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.
The collection is cataloged in the National Park Service (NPS) Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+). A portion of the ANCS+ catalog record can be viewed on the NPS Museum Collections on the Web Catalog by searching on the catalog number 20712 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.
Administrative Information
Historical Note.
The original Oakland Pier was built in 1863 to handle both the passenger and cargo needs of the Central Pacific Railroad. In 1869, the pier was extended out to 6,900 feet. On January 7, 1871, the two-mile long "Long Wharf" was opened. Transcontinental trains ran out to the end of the pier where they met the various sailing ships of the day.
The original Oakland Pier was built in 1863 to handle both the passenger and cargo needs of the Central Pacific Railroad. In 1869, the pier was extended out to 6,900 feet. On January 7, 1871, the two-mile long "Long Wharf" was opened. Transcontinental trains ran out to the end of the pier where they met the various sailing ships of the day.
The Original Oakland Pier of railroad trestles was filled in and covered by dirt creating an earth embankment, called the
Oakland Mole. After the opening of the Oakland Mole on January 22, 1882, passengers were moved from the Long Wharf to a new
Oakland Pier at the end of the Mole, while use of the Long Wharf was restricted to freight traffic. The Central Pacific,
later the Southern Pacific, Railroad owned both the Wharf and the Mole.
The Long Wharf ceased handling freight in 1918, and the Mole and the Oakland Pier continued to be used until 1958. The Oakland
Pier itself was demolished in 1966.
The collection was donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum by E. Wichels, in March 1976. The materials were accessioned
into the National Park Service when the museum was made a unit of Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA-735) and then
were transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park after the establishment of the new park in 1989 (SAFR-1).
Accession number SAFR-00001.
Administrative Information
A single color photomechanical postcard of the Southern Pacific Company's wharf in Oakland's Inner Harbor.
Published by Edward H. Mitchell in 1910, it is captioned "Southern Pacific Co.'s Wharf, Oakland Harbor, California."
No arrangement.