A guide to the Mervyn P. Manion photographs, 1913-1915, 1934-1950
Processed by: L. Bianchi, 2016.
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2016
A Guide to the Mervyn P. Manion photographs
P91-084
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2016, National Park Service
Title: Mervyn P. Manion photographs
Date: 1913-1915,
Date: 1934-1950
Date (bulk): 1940-1950
Identifier/Call Number: P91-084 (SAFR 24251)
Creator:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Physical Description:
154 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Mervyn P. Manion photographs, 1913-1915, 1934-1950, bulk 1940-1950, (SAFR 24251, P91-084) are comprised of photographs
taken by Mervyn P. Manion of passenger and cargo vessels primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection
has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
Access
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
Nitrate negatives are restricted from use. Use-copies can be provided.
Publication and Use Rights
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.
Processing Note
Each photographic image has been assigned an Item number; there are instances of multiple physical forms of each image (e.g.
a negative and a print) which has been noted in the physical description field.
The negatives were originally housed in glassine envelopes. Inside most envelopes was a piece of paper indicating the name
of the vessel, sometimes with additional information about the location or date. These pieces of paper have been retained
and are stored with the safety negatives and photographic prints.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P91-084 (SAFR 24251), Mervyn P. Manion photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00326
SAFR-00578, SAFR-00599
The collection consists of three gifts from Mervyn P. Manion in 1991 (SAFR-00326) and 1992 (SAFR-00578 and SAFR-00599).
Historical or Biographical Note
Mervyn Paul Manion was born on October 10, 1916, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, he went to sea as a merchant
marine and relocated to Portland, Oregon, in 1950. He served as a fireman and a messman aboard the steamships ULUA (1943),
PHILIP LIVINGSTON (1945), PRESIDENT JOHNSON (1946), ROBERT FULTON (1946), CHRISTOPHER S. FLANAGAN (1949), HAWAIIAN CRAFTSMAN
(1952), PACIFICUS (1953-1954), and possibly others. He also worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Weisfield's Jewelers.
Manion married Patricia Lavell in 1951, but they eventually divorced. They had five children together.
Mervyn P. Manion died on December 24, 2006, in Portland, Oregon.
Sources:
- Ancestry.com. California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc., 2008.
- Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- Ancestry.com. Oregon, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.,
2006.
- Ancestry.com. Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1961 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc., 2006.
- "Mr. Mervyn Paul Manion" Zeller Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home. Accessed August 28, 2014. http://zeller.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Mervyn-Paul-Manion-79280778
Collection Scope and Content
The Mervyn P. Manion photographs, 1913-1915, 1934-1950, bulk 1940-1950, (SAFR 24251, P91-084) are comprised of photographs
taken by Mervyn P. Manion of passenger and cargo vessels primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection
has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Contains photographs of ferries, motor scows, sailing vessels, and merchant steamships docked and underway in the San Francisco
Bay Area, California, and other locations, 1913-1915, 1934-1950, bulk 1940-1950. There are 152 unique photographic images
in 154 physical forms (132 black-and-white nitrate negatives, 20 black-and-white safety negatives, and 2 black-and-white photographic
prints).
Most photographs are located in San Francisco and other Bay Area locations, including Oakland, Alameda, and Sausalito. Additional
photographs were taken in other West Coast locations (Coos Bay and Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Alaska; and Hawaii),
the East Coast, and the Panama Canal.
Collection Arrangement
Arranged into one Series with five File Units by vessel type. Within each File Unit, Items are arranged alphabetically by
vessel name.
File Unit 1: Sailing vessels.
- File Unit 2: Ferries and riverboats.
- File Unit 3: Motor scows.
- File Unit 4: United States Army Corps of Engineers and Navy vessels.
- File Unit 5: Other steamships.
SAFR-00326 had been grouped into mailing envelopes roughly based on vessel type (e.g., ferries, steamers, and scows). There
was no further arrangement (not by vessel name, date, or location). Due to the fact that some of the vessels in accession
SAFR-00326 also appeared in accessions SAFR-00578 and SAFR-00599, the processing archivist continued to group the vessels
by type and arrange them in alphabetical order by vessel name within each group.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cargo ships
Ferries
Freighters
Government vessels--United States
Merchant ships
Paddle steamers
Passenger ships
Scow schooners
Sailing ships
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Seattle (Wash.)
Columbia River
Black-and-white negatives
Cellulose nitrate film
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
Series 1.
Vessels,
1913-1915, 1934-1950
(bulk bulk 1940-1950)
Extent:
152 photographs (154 physical forms: 132 nitrate negatives, 20 safety negatives, and 2 black-and-white photographic prints)
Arrangement
Arranged into 5 File Units by vessel type.
Nitrate Storage
File Unit 1.
Sailing vessels,
1934-1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
8 photographs.
Physical Description: 8 black-and-white nitrate negatives;
Scope and Content Note
Consists of photographs of sailing vessels, including schooners, ships and barks in the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
and Seattle, Washington.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 001.
Azalea (built 1890; schooner, 3m) docked at Seattle, Washington, bow view,
1941 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 3.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 002.
Commerce (built 1900; schooner, 4m), Galilee (built 1891; schooner, 3m), and Echo (built 1896; barkentine, 4m) in Richardson
Bay off Sausalito, California,
1938 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
COMMERCE and ECHO are anchored in the bay. GALILEE is moored alongside the pier in the foreground. GALILEE and ECHO are both
dismasted.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 003.
Commerce (built 1900; schooner, 4m) and Galilee (built 1891; schooner, 3m) in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
COMMERCE is anchored in the bay. GALILEE, dismasted, is moored alongside the pier in the foreground.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 004.
Commerce (built 1900; schooner, 4m) anchored in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, port broadside view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.5 x 3.25 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 005.
John A. (built 1893; schooner, 3m) tied up in Salmon Bay, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, stern view,
1941 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 006.
Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) figurehead, starboard view,
1934
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 007.
Star of England (built 1893; bark, 3m) laid up in the Oakland Estuary, California, starboard bow view,
1935
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 008.
Star of Zealand (built 1901; bark, 4m) loading scrap iron for Japan at Alameda, Oakland Estuary, California, starboard broadside
view,
1935 May
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
File Unit 2.
Ferries and riverboats,
1913-1915, 1934, 1938-1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
49 photographs (51 physical forms).
Physical Description: 48 black-and-white nitrate negatives; 1 black-and-white safety negative; 2 black-and-white photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Consists of photographs of ferries and riverboats primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 009.
Alameda (built 1913; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 010.
Alameda (built 1913; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 011.
Alameda (built 1913; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 012.
Alameda (built 1913; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
Item No. 013.
Alameda (built 1913; paddle ferry) underway as seen from the deck of Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) on San Francisco Bay,
California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 2.25 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 014.
Argentina (built 1923; ferry) docked in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, preparing to leave for Argentina,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex YOSEMITE.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 015.
Bay City (1878; paddle ferry) abandoned remains at San Francisco, California,
1947 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
CAROLINE (built 1902; schooner, 4m) hull also in view. Hunter Point Drydocks is in the distance.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 016.
Berkeley (built 1898; ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background. Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 017.
Berkeley (built 1898; ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background. Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 018.
Berkeley (built 1898; ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
circa 1940-1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 019.
Berkeley (built 1898; ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1946
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
"WELCOME HOME VETERANS - WE ARE PROUD OF YOU" is painted on the side of the vessel. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and
Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 020.
Berkeley (built 1898; ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
Item No. 021.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway through Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, California,
1938
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.75 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 3.25 x 4.75 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 022.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 023.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 024.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 025.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Yerba Buena Island is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 026.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 027.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and Treasure Island are
in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 028.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and Treasure Island are
in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 029.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island are in the background. Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 030.
Ferry Building as seen from the deck of Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry), San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 031.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.75 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 032.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1941-1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 033.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1941-1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 034.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 3.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 035.
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) underway in San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 036.
Oakland (built 1875; paddle ferry) crossing Raccoon Strait, San Francisco Bay, California,
1938 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 037.
Oakland (built 1875; paddle ferry) laid up, San Francisco Bay, California,
after 1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Vessel is badly deteriorated.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 038.
Petaluma (built 1914; paddle riverboat) underway on San Francisco Bay, California, starboard broadside view,
1940 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Yerba Buena Island is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 039.
Portland (paddle riverboat) underway on the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, starboard broadside view,
1946 December
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 040.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.75 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 041.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 042.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company. San Francisco-Oakland run. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island
are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 043.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 044.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 045.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 046.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 047.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Southern Pacific Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 048.
Show Boat (paddle riverboat) laid up at India Basin, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Scow schooners and other vessels are laid up in the foreground.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 049.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 3.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Treasure Island is in the background. Small motor craft underway in the foreground.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 050.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 051.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
circa 1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 3.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 052.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Yerba Buena Island is partially in view in the right background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 053.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 054.
Tamalpais (built 1901; paddle ferry) underway on San Francisco Bay, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 055.
Transit (built 1875; paddle ferry) and Hoquiam (built 1906; garbage boat) docked in the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
1934 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
TRANSIT is operated by Southern Pacific Company. HOQUIAM is an Oakland garbage boat.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 056.
Yerba Buena (built 1927; ferry: U.S. Army) docked at Oakland, California,
1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 057.
Paddle ferry under construction in Oakland, California,
circa 1913-1915
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.25 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Identified on a piece of paper inside the original negative enclosure as either ALAMEDA (built 1913; paddle ferry) or SANTA
CLARA (built 1915; paddle ferry). Both of these vessels were prefabricated by New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden,
New Jersey, and assembled in Oakland, California.
Nitrate Storage
File Unit 3.
Motor scows,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
14 photographs.
Physical Description: 14 black-and-white nitrate negatives;
Scope and Content Note
Consists of photographs of motor scows in San Francisco, California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 058.
Charles W. (built 1902; motor scow) bow and anchor detail view, possibly at San Francisco, California,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 059.
Charles W. (built 1902; motor scow) tied up at Islais Creek dock, San Francisco, California, bow view,
1940 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The Third Street bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 060.
Charles W. (built 1902; motor scow) tied up at Islais Creek dock, San Francisco, California, bow view,
1940 November
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The Third Street bridge is in the background. (Identified as the Butchertown Bridge on the original envelope).
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 061.
Charles W. (built 1902; motor scow) tied up at Islais Creek dock, San Francisco, California, bow view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The Third Street bridge is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 062.
Hermine Blum (built 1887; motor scow) laid up in India Basin, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, bow view,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Other unidentified vessels are laid up alongside HERMINE BLUM. SHOW BOAT (paddle riverboat) is partially in view in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 063.
Hermine Blum (built 1887; motor scow) laid up in India Basin, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Other unidentified vessels are laid up alongside HERMINE BLUM. SHOW BOAT (paddle riverboat) is partially in view in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 064.
Hermine Blum (built 1887; motor scow) laid up in India Basin, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, starboard broadside
view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Other unidentified vessels are laid up alongside HERMINE BLUM. SHOW BOAT (paddle riverboat) is in view in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 065.
James F. McKenna (built 1902; motor scow), rigging detail view, at Mission Creek, San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
OAKLAND EMPRESS (vessel type unidentified) is behind/astern JAMES F. MCKENNA.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 066.
Matilda (built 1905; motor scow) passing under the raised span of the Third Street Bridge, Mission Creek, San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.5 x 3.75 in.
Scope and Content Note
ISLAND QUEEN (built 1912; passenger vessel?) is partially in view in the foreground.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 067.
Regenia S. (built 1893; motor scow) tied up at Hay & Grain Wharf at 6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco,
California,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
MARY (built 1891; motor scow) is astern REGENIA S. The Smith Lumber Company sign is visible in the right background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 068.
Regenia S. (built 1893; motor scow) tied up at Hay & Grain Wharf at 6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco,
California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
MARY (built 1891; motor scow) is astern REGENIA S.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 069.
Regenia S. (built 1893; motor scow), Mary (built 1891; motor scow), and Frank Lawrence (built 1886; motor scow) tied up at
Hay & Grain Wharf at 6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 070.
Regenia S. (built 1893; motor scow), Mary (built 1891; motor scow), and Frank Lawrence (built 1886; motor scow) tied up at
6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco, California,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
View as seen from the 6th Street Bridge.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 071.
Regenia S. (built 1893; motor scow) tied up at Hay & Grain Wharf at 6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco,
California, port broadside view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
File Unit 4.
United States Army Corps of Engineers and Navy vessels,
1934, 1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
10 photographs.
Physical Description: 2 black-and-white nitrate negatives; 8 black-and-white safety negatives
Scope and Content Note
Consists of photographs of Multnomah (built 1913; dredge; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) on the Columbia River and U.S. Navy
vessels in Norfolk, Virginia, and in Oakland, California.
See also File Unit 1, Item 056, for a photograph of YERBA BUENA (built 1927; ferry) while serving as a U.S. Army vessel.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 072.
Canisteo (built 1945; oiler: U.S. Navy) underway entering Norfolk, Virginia, port broadside view,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
The vessel (AO-99) was launched July 6, 1945.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 073.
Mississippi (built 1917; battleship: U.S. Navy) underway at Norfolk, Virginia, port quarter view,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 074.
Missoula (built 1906; cruiser: U.S. Navy) being broken up for scrap at Moore Shipyard, Oakland, California, starboard quarter
view,
1934 November
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 075.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 076.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 077.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 078.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 079.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
A note inside the original negative enclosure says that the vessel helped build Treasure Island in 1936.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 080.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 081.
Multnomah (built 1913; dredge: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) docked on the Columbia River,
circa 1950
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.25 x 3.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
S.F. Bridge Co. cable barge no. 88 and HAPPY? (vessel type unidentified) are also in view.
Photograph collections storage; Nitrate storage
File Unit 5.
Other steamships,
1939-1958
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
71 photographs.
Physical Description: 60 black-and-white nitrate negatives; 11 black-and-white safety negatives
Scope and Content Note
Consists of photographs of other steamships, including freighters, tankers, and steam schooners, primarily on the Pacific
Coast.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 082.
Admiral Cole (built 1920; steamship) docked, port bow view,
1940 December
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Possibly in a San Francisco, California.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 083.
Adrastus (built 1923; steamship) leaving Baltimore, Maryland, port bow view,
1950 January
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Blue Funnel Line vessel.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 084.
Aleutian (built 1906; passenger steamship) underway approaching Valdez, Alaska, starboard bow view,
1953
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Alaska Steamship Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 085.
Allen C. Balch (built 1944; steamship) in drydock at Portland, Oregon, stern view,
1948
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 3.75 in.
Scope and Content Note
Damaged propeller in Aberdeen, Washington.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 086.
Barbara C. (built 1920; steam schooner) on a marine railway at Alameda, California, starboard bow view,
1940 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 087.
Barbara Olson (built 1918; steamship) docked with a deck load of lumber at Coos Bay, Oregon, port bow view,
1948 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex CORRALES.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 088.
Brimanger (built 1929; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Norwegian vessel. Renamed HELEN in 1959 (Lebanon flag). Alcatraz Island is in the distance.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 089.
Bulklube (built 1943; tanker) underway on the Delaware River, port broadside view,
1950 April
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 090.
Calmar (built 1920; freighter) docked at San Francisco, California, starboard bow view,
1939 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Calmar Line.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 091.
Campeche (built 1914; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, starboard bow view,
1940 May
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.5 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Mexican vessel. Home port Veracruz.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 092.
Cape San Martin (built 1941; steamship) fitting out at Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, California,
1940 or 1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
GREENE (built 1918; destroyer: U.S. Navy) and GILLIS (built 1919; destroyer: U.S. Navy) are also in view.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 093.
Carbella (built 1891; steamship) moored at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1941-1944
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex GLACIER. A steamship with a partially obscured name (possibly ends in CALIFORNIA) is docked in front of CARBELLA. Alcatraz
Island is in the distance.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 094.
Caribe (built 1945; steamship) anchored in Gatun Lake, Panama, port broadside view,
1949 December 25
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex JOHN LECKIE. MC 266. Built at Avondale Marine Ways.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 095.
Chattanooga City (built 1921; steamship) moored at the Ballard Docks, Seattle, Washington, bow view,
1941 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Barges loaded with lumber are alongside. The vessel was torpedoed in the North Atlantic on February 22, 1943.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 096.
Cynthia Olson (built 1919; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940 May
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Berkeley Transportation Co. barges are alongside. The vessel was torpedoed on December 7, 1941, by I-26 (submarine: Japanese
Navy).
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 097.
Cynthia Olson (built 1919; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, starboard view,
1941 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background. The vessel was torpedoed December 7, 1941.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 098.
Daisy Gray (built 1923; steam schooner) docked at Coos Bay or North Bend, Oregon, starboard bow view,
1948 May
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Stacks of lumber are on the wharf. The Pioneer Grocery Co. building is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 099.
Daisy Gray (built 1923; steam schooner) loading at Coos Bay or North Bend, Oregon, starboard bow view,
1948 May
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Stacks of lumber are on the wharf.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 100.
Davenport (built 1912; steam schooner) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, starboard broadside view,
1941 March 16
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 101.
Davenport (built 1912; steam schooner) docked with a deck load of lumber at 4th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek,
San Francisco, California, starboard bow view,
1940 November
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 102.
D.G. Schofield (built 1916; tanker) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, port broadside view,
1948 July
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Standard Oil Company of California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 103.
Derblay (built 1920; freighter) docked in Seattle, Washington, bow view,
1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Alaska Steamship Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 104.
Derblay (built 1920; freighter) docked in Seattle, Washington, port bow view,
1941 Summer
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Alaska Steamship Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 105.
Diamond Head (built 1919; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1934-1946
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Matson Navigation Company. A derrick barge is alongside.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 106.
Edwin Christenson (built 1918; freighter) moored at 4th Street and Channel Street, San Francisco, California, starboard bow
view,
1946 March 7
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 107.
Edwin Christenson (built 1918; freighter) moored at 4th Street and Channel Street, San Francisco, California, starboard bow
view,
1946 March 7
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 108.
Edwin Christenson (built 1918; freighter) underway on San Francisco Bay, California, starboard quarter view,
1946 April
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Later renamed SHAPUR. SEA SCOUT (built 1921; tugboat) and an unidentified tugboat are alongside.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 109.
Edwin Christenson (built 1918; freighter) underway on San Francisco Bay, California, starboard quarter view,
1946 April
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
SEA SCOUT (built 1921; tugboat) and an unidentified tugboat are alongside.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 110.
Eugenie S. Embiricos (built 1920; freighter) moored at Pier 50, San Francisco, California, port broadside view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Dressed. Greek vessel. Gross tons 4882, 419.5-53.8-25.0.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 111.
Eugenie S. Embiricos (built 1920; freighter) moored at Pier 50, San Francisco, California, port broadside view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Dressed. Greek vessel. Gross tons 4882, L.B.P. 419-53.8-25.0.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 112.
Francis A. Wardwell (built 1943; steamship) discharging coal while docked on the Liffey River, Dublin, Ireland, stern view,
1947 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Registered home port is San Francisco, California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 113.
George L. Olson (built 1917; steam schooner) laid up in Alameda, California, bow view,
1933 November
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
GLEANER (tugboat) and other unidentified vessels also in view.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 114.
Hamlin F. McCormick (built 1919; freighter) underway on San Francisco Bay, California, starboard broadside view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Alcatraz Island is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 115.
Hamlin F. McCormick (built 1919; freighter) underway on San Francisco Bay, California, starboard broadside view,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Alcatraz Island is in the background. Fort Mason piers are on the right.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 116.
Hawaiian Logger (built 1944; freighter) deck view of crew loading sugar from Kukuihaele Point, Hawaii,
1947 February
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Matson Navigation Company. Former Liberty Ship named ALES HRDLICKA. The sugar is being loaded by cable and rail
tracks on deck.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 117.
Lake Frances (built 1918; steamship) docked at 6th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco, California, starboard
bow view,
1946 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
STEWART (built 1920; destroyer: U.S. Navy) and SHELDON JACKSON (built 1943; freighter: Liberty Ship) are in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 118.
La Placentia (built 1921; tanker) anchored in the stream at Martinez, California, starboard broadside view,
1946 February
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Union Oil Company of California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 119.
La Purisima (built 1921; tanker) anchored near Seattle, Washington, port bow view,
1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 3.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Union Oil Company of California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 120.
La Purisima (built 1921; tanker) underway near Seattle, Washington, starboard broadside view,
1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Union Oil Company of California.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 121.
Maine (built 1920; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940 September
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex WEST NORRANUS, ex PACIFIC PINE. Alcatraz Island is in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 122.
Makua (built 1920; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Matson Navigation Company.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 123.
Margaret Schafer (built 1918; freighter) loading at Coos Bay, Oregon,
1948
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
View from the pier with large piles of lumber between the photographer and the vessel.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 124.
Mary Olson (built 1920; steamship) loading at Coos Bay, Oregon, port bow view,
1947
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex ODUNA. Lumber is stacked on the wharf.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 125.
North Bend (built 1917; steam schooner) moored at Oakland, California, starboard broadside view,
1945 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex CLAREMONT. STORM KING (built 1943; auxiliary transport: U.S. Navy) is docked in the right background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 126.
North Pacific (built 1919; steamship) docked at Seattle, Washington, starboard bow view,
1941 Summer
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
A barge is alongside the vessel.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 127.
Oliver Olson (built 1918; steamship) docked at Smith Lumber Company, Mission Creek, San Francisco, California, starboard bow
view,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Lumber is stacked on the wharves.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 128.
Oliver Olson (built 1918; steamship) docked at Smith Lumber Company, 4th Street and Channel Street, Mission Creek, San Francisco,
California, stern view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 129.
P&T Adventurer (built 1945; freighter) docked with a deck load of lumber at Newark, New Jersey, starboard bow view,
1950 January 1
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Pope & Talbot Steamship Company.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 130.
P&T Adventurer (built 1945; freighter) docked with a deck load of lumber at Seattle, Washington, starboard bow view,
1950 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 131.
Pacificus (built 1944; freighter) docked at Seward, Alaska, stern view,
1952
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Coastwise Line vessel. View as seen from a distance showing the vessel, pier, and waterfront.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 132.
Paul Luckenbach (built 1913; freighter) moored at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 133.
Point Ancha (built 1919; freighter) moored with a deck load of lumber at Pier 48, San Francisco, California, bow view,
1939 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Swayne & Hoyt.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 134.
Point Clear (built 1920; steamship) docked in San Francisco, California, detail view of stern,
1939 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Swayne & Hoyt. Home port is San Francisco. An unidentified Calmar Line vessel is moored in the background.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 135.
Polarine (built 1914; tanker) entering a shipyard in San Francisco, California,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex EMS. Also in view are SHARK (unidentified small motor craft), FEARLESS (tugboat), and MARIA DEL CARMEN (built 1920; steamship).
An unidentified Pacific S.S. Line vessel is in drydock.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 136.
President Garfield (built 1921; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, starboard bow view,
1940 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by American President Lines.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 137.
President Polk (built 1921; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, starboard bow view,
1940 August
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Later renamed PRESIDENT TAYLOR. Operated by American President Line.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 138.
President Tyler (built 1944; freighter) in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, port bow view,
1948-1958
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex Victory Ship IRAQ VICTORY.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 139.
Pueblo (built 1920; tanker) underway on the Delaware River, starboard quarter view,
1951 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 2 x 3.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Gulf Oil Corporation.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 140.
Rena (built 1920; freighter) docked at Wilmington, Delaware, starboard quarter view,
1950 June
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Panama port of registry. Ex STEEL ENGINEER.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 141.
San Rafael (freighter) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940 July
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Alcatraz Island is in the distance.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 142.
Silverado (built 1918; freighter) discharging lumber at Mission Creek, 4th Street, San Francisco, California, port quarter
view,
1940 March
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
A motor scow is docked in front of SILVERADO. Lumber is stacked on the wharf.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 143.
Silverwillow (built 1930; freighter) moored, port bow view,
1939 October
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
British vessel. Torpedoed on October 30, 1942, in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 144.
Sorol (built 1921; steamship) underway on the Columbia River, port bow view,
1948
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Panama port of registry. Ex MANUKAI.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 145.
Stanwood (built 1916; steam schooner) docked at Butchertown, Islais Creek, San Francisco, California, starboard broadside
view,
1940
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Photograph collections storage
Item No. 146.
Trinity (built 1920; tanker) docked at San Pedro, California, starboard broadside view,
1946-1951
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white safety negative, 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Hillcone Steamship Company. Ex United States Navy tanker.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 147.
Tongass (built 1915; steam schooner) docked at Seattle, Washington, starboard bow view,
1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Ex WAPAMA. Logs are floating around the vessel.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 148.
Wairuna (built 1914; steamship) docked at San Francisco, California, port bow view,
1940 September 29
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 149.
William C. Ralston (built 1943; freighter: Liberty Ship) underway leaving Stockton, California, port quarter view,
1946 February
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 150.
W.S. Rheem (built 1921; tanker) underway, starboard broadside view,
1946 April
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.25 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Standard Oil Company of California. A tugboat is alongside.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 151.
W.S. Rheem (built 1921; tanker) underway, starboard broadside view,
1946 April
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Operated by Standard Oil Company of California. Damaged by a torpedo on August 31, 1943, near New Hebrides.
Nitrate Storage
Item No. 152.
Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, California,
1940 or 1941
Creator/Collector:
Manion, Mervyn P.
Extent:
1 photograph.
Physical Description:
1 black-and-white nitrate negative, 2.75 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Cape San Martin (built 1941; steamship) is being fitted out. THORNTON (built 1919; destroyer: U.S. Navy), GREENE (built 1918;
destroyer: U.S. Navy), and GILLIS (built 1919; destroyer: U.S. Navy) are also in view. A large PG&E gas tank is on the right.
