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A guide to the Captain Ed Shields motion picture film of the last voyage of the C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m), 1950
P82-036 (SAFR 18448)
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Title: Captain Ed Shields motion picture film of the last voyage of the C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m)
Date: 1950
Identifier/Call Number: P82-036 (SAFR 18448)
Creator:
Shields, Ed
Physical Description:
2 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
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], P82-036 (SAFR 18448), Captain Ed Shields motion picture film of the last voyage of the C.A. Thayer (built 1895;
schooner, 3m), San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00789
Historical or Biographical Note
Captain Ed Shields, 1916-2008
Capt. Ed Shields was the son of Capt. J.E. Shields (1881-1962) owner of the Pacific Coast Codfish Company, Poulsbo, Washington.
Shields made his first trip to the Bering Sea as a codfisherman at 18 and then worked the following summers while earning
his Masters Degree in Engineering from Harvard. In 1950, he made the last commercial fishing voyage under sail as Captain
of the C.A. Thayer. His memoirs and history "Salt of the Sea: The Pacific Coast Cod Fishery and the Last Days of Sail" was
published in 2001.
The Captain Ed Shields motion picture film of the last voyage of the C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m), 1950 (P82-036,
SAFR 18448) consists of a 16mm silent color film by Captain Shields on her last codfishing voyage in 1950.
The film has a run time of 00:19:28. Digital video available on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/csfmm_00004
and digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). The digital video consists of A roll and B roll
edited together digitally.
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