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A guide to the Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, 1950-1957
P15-014 (SAFR 24641)
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Title: Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs
Date: 1950-1957
Identifier/Call Number: P15-014 (SAFR 24641)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
2 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
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.
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], P15-014 (SAFR 24641), Eureka (built 1890; paddle ferry) wheelhouse photographs, San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
SAFR-02471
Found in the Park's library collection and transferred to the archives.
Historical or Biographical Note
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.
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.
No arrangement due to the small size of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Paddle steamers
Eureka (built 1890; ferry)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)