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Title: Axel Widerstrom motion picture film of C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) final voyage to San Francisco
Date: 1957
Identifier/Call Number: P88-030 (SAFR 17709)
Creator:
Widerstrom, Axel
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P88-030 (SAFR 17709), Axel Widerstrom motion picture film of C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) final voyage
to San Francisco, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
The film was found with other items in the ferry Eureka's wheelhouse and accessioned as field collection into the Golden Gate
National Recreation Area's National Maritime Museum at San Francisco museum collection as GOGA-00144. The film was later transferred
to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (SAFR-00001) in 1989.
Historical or Biographical Note
Axel Widerstrom was the son of Capt. John Widerstrom of Alaska Packers Association and sailed under his father at 16 years
of age on the Alaska Packers Association ships Star of France (built 1877; ship, 3m) and Star of Holland (built 1885; bark,
3m) from 1919-1921.
Collection Scope and Content
The Axel Widerstrom motion picture film of C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) final voyage to San Francisco (P88-030,
SAFR 17709) consists of one reel of 8mm silent, color motion picture film shot by Widerstrom during the C.A. Thayer's voyage
down the Pacific Coast to San Francisco after her restoration in 1957.
Shot by Widerstrom while serving as a crew member, includes views of rigging and crew at work. The films total run time is
00:07:22.
Digital video available on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/csfmm_00007 and digitized by the California
Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).
Collection Arrangement
Single reel of film.