Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, 1950-1957

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Summary

Title:
Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs
Dates:
1950-1957
Creators:
Unknown
Abstract:
The Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, 1950-1957, (SAFR 24641, P15-014) are comprised of photographs taken aboard the ferry EUREKA in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Extent:
2 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P15-014 (SAFR 24641), Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, 1950-1957, (SAFR 24641, P15-014) are comprised of photographs taken aboard the ferry EUREKA in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.

Contains two black-and-white photographic prints, 3.5 x 3.5 in., of the wheelhouse aboard EUREKA (built 1890; paddle ferry) as seen from the passenger deck while in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1950-1957. The nameboard is visible on the wheelhouse. A lifering is mounted on a wall below the wheelhouse. Female passengers are seated in the foreground.

The images are printed on perforated Kodak Velo paper. The photographs are still attached to one another (the perforation is not torn). Handwritten on the verso of one of the prints are vessel statistics, including dimensions before and after her refit in 1923.

Biographical / historical:

The paddle ferry UKIAH was launched in 1890 to carry freight trains and passengers across San Francisco Bay, California. After being refitted to carry automobiles in 1923, she was rechristened EUREKA. She went out of service in 1957, and in 1958 she was acquired by the San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-02471

Found in the Park's library collection and transferred to the archives.

Processing information:

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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, February 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. 7/1/2016 .

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], P15-014 (SAFR 24641), Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, 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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