A guide to the Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks, 1929-1942
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2013
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A Guide to the Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks
HDC0160
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2013, National Park Service
Title: Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks
Date: 1929-1942
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0160 (SAFR 16444)
Physical Description:
4 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks are deck logs and provide the times, number of vehicles, tides, weather, explanation
of delays, restaurant and newstand inspections and signatures of the captain and the engineer in charge on the vessel's crossings
between San Francisco and the Oakland pier. The volumes are dated as follows: January 2 to July 1 1929, January 1 to June
29 1930, July 1 to December 31 1934 and July 23 1940 to March 21 1942. The logs were originally bound at the top margin but
have been dismantled to protect the paper. Each volume occupies two folders. The collection is available for research use
without restriction.
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], HDC0160 (SAFR 16444), Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry) logbooks are deck logs and provide the times, number of vehicles, tides, weather, explanation
of delays, restaurant and newstand inspections and signatures of the captain and the engineer in charge on the vessel's crossings
between San Francisco and the Oakland pier. The volumes are dated as follows: January 2 to July 1 1929, January 1 to June
29 1930, July 1 to December 31 1934 and July 23 1940 to March 21 1942. The logs were originally bound at the top margin but
have been dismantled to protect the paper. Each volume occupies two folders. The collection is available for research use
without restriction.
This collection of four volumes is arranged chronologically into eight folders; two folders per volume.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sacramento (built 1877; paddle ferry)
crew lists
Logbooks