General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph, 1919-1923

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Summary

Title:
General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph
Dates:
1919-1923
Creators:
General Engineering and Dry Dock Company
Abstract:
The General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph, 1919-1923, (SAFR 00378, P83-008) is comprised of a photograph of MARTHA BUEHNER (built 1911; steam schooner) and LAKE FILBERT (built 1919; freighter) at General Engineering & Dry Dock Company in Alameda, 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], P83-008 (SAFR 378), General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph, 1919-1923, (SAFR 00378, P83-008) is comprised of a photograph of MARTHA BUEHNER (built 1911; steam schooner) and LAKE FILBERT (built 1919; freighter) at General Engineering & Dry Dock Company in Alameda, California. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.

Contains a photograph of MARTHA BUEHNER (built 1911; steam schooner) hauled out for drydocking and LAKE FILBERT (built 1919; freighter) in the water at the edge of a marine railway at the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard in Alameda, California, 1919-1923. There is 1 unique photographic image in 2 physical forms (1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 9.5 in., mounted on 8.5 x 9.5 in. board and 1 black-and-white copy negative, 5 x 7 in.). View off the port bow of MARTHA BUEHNER on the left and bow view of LAKE FILBERT on the right. Other steamships and a three-masted schooner are among the vessels docked in the background. Photographer's number G-133 is written in the lower right corner.

Biographical / historical:

LAKE FILBERT, built in 1919 for the U.S. Shipping Board, was sold to the Alaska Steamship Company in 1922 or 1923 and renamed NABESNA. A.M. SIMPSON, built in 1911 for the Simpson Lumber Company, was sold to the Buehner Lumber Company in 1916 and renamed MARTHA BUEHNER.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-00001

GOGA-00789, SAFR-02419

In January 1983 the photographic print was loaned for copying by Sara Conklin-Halaj, the Park's former registrar. A copy negative was made and cataloged as P83-008 (accession SAFR-0001, GOGA-00789). Years later the photographic print was found in the collections storage area. A post-it note adhered to the verso of the print read "Garage sale item. Made a print for myself. Original for park." The print was accessioned as a field collection (SAFR-02419) in November 2015 and accrued to P83-008 in December 2015.

SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.

GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February 1985.

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: S.T. Horton; L. Bianchi, May 24, 1989; December 2015.
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. 7/28/2016 .

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], P83-008 (SAFR 378), General Engineering & Dry Dock Company shipyard photograph, 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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