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A guide to the Captain Loring N. Shaw photographs, 1851-1909
P85-001 (SAFR 17776)
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Title: Captain Loring N. Shaw photographs
Date: 1851-1909
Identifier/Call Number: P85-001 (SAFR 17776)
Creator:
Shaw, Loring N., Captain
Physical Description:
3 items.
Online items available.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Captain Loring N. Shaw photographs (P85-001, SAFR 17776) consists of 3 photographic portraits of Captain Shaw and his
wife from 1849 to 1909.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P85-001 (SAFR 17776), Captain Loring N. Shaw photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
The collection was donated to San Francisco Maritime Museum by the granddaughters of Capt. Shaw in 1964 and then given to
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA-00789) in 1986. It was then transferred and accessioned into San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park (SAFR-00001) in 1988.
Historical or Biographical Note
Captain Loring N. Shaw was born on August 25, 1827 in Quincy, Massachusetts. He graduated from a public school but went to
sea in the summers from the age of 13. Shaw's father, John W., was also a sea captain.
At the age of 21, Shaw became master of a California Coastal and Inland Waters vessel where he stayed for 8 years. In 1863
he left California and went to Boston to work in a general provisions business. In 1877, he went into the hotel business in
Wisconson, and in 1887, he moved to Osceola, Nebraska. There he lived until his death on June 25, 1909.
The Captain Loring N. Shaw photographs (P85-001, SAFR 17776) consists of 3 photographic portraits of Captain Shaw and his
wife from 1849 to 1909.
The collection includes a cased half plate daguerreotype of Capt. Shaw, circa 1851; a cabinet photograph of Capt. Shaw, sometime
after 1887 in Osceola, Nebraska by C. E. Clark; and black-and-white photographic print of Capt. Shaw and his wife in Osceola,
Nebraska, before 1909.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Loring N. Shaw reminiscence and newspapers, 1824-1909 (HDC0003, SAFR 14023), papers (HDC0620, SAFR 329) and a commemorative
medal (SAFR 15564).
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ship captains
Clark, C. E.
Osceola (Neb.)
Daguerreotypes
Cased photographs
Cabinet photographs
Collodion prints
Gelatin silver prints
Portrait photographs
Snapshots