A guide to the Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives, 1935-1941
Processed by: L. Bianchi, June 2016.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2016
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A Guide to the Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives
P15-024
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2016, National Park Service
Title: Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives
Date: 1935-1941
Identifier/Call Number: P15-024 (SAFR 24651)
Creator:
Huycke, Harold D.
Physical Description:
2 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives, 1935-1941, (SAFR 24651, P15-024) are comprised of photographs of
PACIFIC QUEEN in San Francisco and San Diego, California. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is
open for use.
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], P15-024 (SAFR 24651), Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
SAFR-02436
Copy negatives made by the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park photo lab staff from prints loaned to former staff
librarian David Hull by Harold Huycke.
Historical or Biographical Note
BALCLUTHA was a steel-hulled ship built by Charles Connell and Company in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886. She served in the Europe-San
Francisco grain trade and Pacific Coast lumber trade. In 1904, BALCLUTHA was sold to the Alaska Packers Association for use
as a salmon packet. She was renamed STAR OF ALASKA in 1906. In 1933, she was sold to Frank Kissinger who renamed her PACIFIC
QUEEN and exhibited her as a pirate ship. In 1954, she was purchased by the San Francisco Maritime Museum, and was restored
to her former appearance and name. Today, BALCLUTHA is preserved as a museum ship at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park.
The Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) copy negatives, 1935-1941, (SAFR 24651, P15-024) are comprised of photographs of
PACIFIC QUEEN in San Francisco and San Diego, California. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is
open for use.
Consists of two black-and-white negatives:
Item 1. PACIFIC QUEEN (built 1886; ship, 3m) docked at San Diego, California, starboard bow view, circa 1935-1936. Underway
on the left is SAN BERNARDINO (built 1920; steamship). 1 black-and-white copy negative, 4 x 5 in. "W.C. Sawyer, photographer?"
was written on the envelope.
Item 2. PACIFIC QUEEN (built 1886; ship, 3m) docked at Pier 43 in San Francisco, California, circa 1940-1941. Broadside view
of the starboard bow. The vessel is displayed as a pirate ship. A dummy male figure is hanging from the foreyard. 1 black-and-white
copy negative, 4 x 5 in. Photographer unknown, but possibly Carl Christensen according Harold Huycke.
No arrangement due to the small size of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sailing ships
Historic ships
Balclutha (built 1886; ship, 3m)
San Diego (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Black-and-white negatives