A guide to the Axel Widerstrom motion picture film of C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) final voyage to San Francisco, 1957

Processed by: Taylor Horton2015.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

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2015

A Guide to the Axel Widerstrom motion picture film of C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) final voyage to San Francisco

P88-030

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service

2015, National Park Service

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.