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Collection Arrangement
Title: John Strebel postcards, records and other material
Date: 1899-1930 and undated
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1678 (SAFR 23863)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
12 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: John Strebel postcards, records and other material (SAFR 23863, HDC 1678) document a portion of Strebel's career as a German
American seagoing baker. The collection includes a photocopy of four Company Muster Roll entries for Strebel from the 35th
Regiment of the United States Volunteer Infantry dating from 1899 to 1901; a United States of America Citizen Seaman's Identification
Card dated 6 November 1918; a Pacific Steamship Company Bonus Service Record, 1923 to 1930. For four of the five vessels listed
on this card, there is a postcard depicting the vessel namely the ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, the ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the ADMIRAL PEOPLES
and the ADMIRAL FISKE. There are four additional postcards: the US Transport SHERMAN, the ADMIRAL DEWEY, the DOROTHY ALEXANDER
and the SS MONTEREY. The last item is from the Department of Commerce, Steamboat Inspection Service, titled Pilot Rules for
Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Rules are dated 24 June
1930. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
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], HDC1678 (SAFR 23863), John Strebel postcards, records and other material, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-02241
These items were donated by a private individual to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
John Strebel served in the 35th Regiment of the United States Volunteer Infantry from 1899 to 1901. From 1923 to 1930, he
worked for the Pacific Steamship Company.
Collection Scope and Content
John Strebel postcards, records and other material (SAFR 23863, HDC 1678) document a portion of Strebel's career as a German
American seagoing baker. The collection includes a photocopy of four Company Muster Roll entries for Strebel from the 35th
Regiment of the United States Volunteer Infantry dating from 1899 to 1901; a United States of America Citizen Seaman's Identification
Card dated 6 November 1918; a Pacific Steamship Company Bonus Service Record, 1923 to 1930. For four of the five vessels listed
on this card, there is a postcard depicting the vessel namely the ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, the ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the ADMIRAL PEOPLES
and the ADMIRAL FISKE. There are four additional postcards: the US Transport SHERMAN, the ADMIRAL DEWEY, the DOROTHY ALEXANDER
and the SS MONTEREY. The last item is from the Department of Commerce, Steamboat Inspection Service, titled Pilot Rules for
Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Rules are dated 24 June
1930. The
collection is available for research use without restriction.
Collection Arrangement
This is a small collection of 12 items.