A guide to the Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) photograph, 1933-1954
Processed by: L. Bianchi, July 2016.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2016
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A Guide to the Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) photograph
P16-005
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2016, National Park Service
Title: Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) photograph
Date: 1933-1954
Identifier/Call Number: P16-005 (SAFR 24663)
Creator:
Watts, Capt. Charles A.
Physical Description:
1 item.
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) photograph, 1933-1954, (SAFR 24663, P16-005) is comprised of a photograph of PACIFIC
QUEEN under sail. 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], P16-005 (SAFR 24663), Pacific Queen (built 1886; ship, 3m) photograph, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
SAFR-02504
Found in the PACIFIC QUEEN scrapbook in the Library collection (VM 6.5 B3P3 pam). A note on the print verso reads, "Gift -
Capt. Watts coll. 8/1975"
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) photograph, 1933-1954, (SAFR 24663, P16-005) is comprised of a photograph of PACIFIC
QUEEN under sail. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Contains 1 black-and-white photographic print, 10 x 13.5 in., of PACIFIC QUEEN (built 1886; ship, 3m) underway in an unidentified
location, view off the port bow, 1933-1954. A man is standing on the end of the bowsprit. Other men are on the deck and aloft.
Single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sailing ships
Balclutha (built 1886; ship, 3m)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)