San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives, 1881-1924

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Summary

Title:
San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives
Dates:
1881-1924
Creators:
San Francisco Maritime Museum
Abstract:
The San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives, 1881-1924, (SAFR 24835, P78-034) are comprised of photographs mainly of Pacific Coast built schooners. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Extent:
12 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P78-034 (SAFR 24835), San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives, 1881-1924, (SAFR 24835, P78-034) are comprised of photographs mainly of Pacific Coast built schooners. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.

Contains 12 black-and-white copy negatives, 5 x 7 in., primarily of schooners built at California and Washington shipyards, 1881-1924.

Includes photographs of the California built vessels BERTIE MINOR (built 1884; schooner, 3m), GENERAL BANNING (built 1883; schooner, 2m: yacht), GALILEE (built 1891; brigantine), and SAMAR (built 1901; schooner, 4m) as well as a photograph of the Dickie brothers shipbuilders in their San Francisco office. Also includes photographs of the Washington built vessels ANNIE LARSEN (built 1881; schooner, 3m), INCA (built 1896; schooner, 5m), and ZAMPA (built 1887; schooner, 3m).

The vessels are photographed in various locations, including San Francisco, California; Aberdeen, Washington; Papeete, Tahiti; and Adelaide, South Australia.

Biographical / historical:

This collection does not include a historical or biographical note.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-00001

GOGA-00789

The copy negatives were created by San Francisco Maritime Museum staff from photographs in the Museum's collection. Charles Richards found the copy negatives in a drawer in the recreation room of the St. Francis Square apartment complex in San Francisco, California, and returned them to the Museum.

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.

Processing information:

The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include 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 please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide.

Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff.

Arrangement:

No arrangement due to the small size of the collection.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Physical description:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: L. Bianchi, August 2016.
Date Prepared:
2016
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 10/2/2016 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P78-034 (SAFR 24835), San Francisco Maritime Museum copy negatives, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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