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A guide to the Elissa (built 1877; bark, 3m) photograph album, 1971
P15-030 (SAFR 24657)
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Title: Elissa (built 1877; bark, 3m) photograph album
Date: 1971
Identifier/Call Number: P15-030 (SAFR 24657)
Creator:
Soeten, Harlan
Kortum, Karl
Kortum, Karl
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Elissa (built 1877; bark, 3m) photograph album, circa 1971, (SAFR 24657, P15-030) is comprised of an album containing
images and text about the bark ELISSA. 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], P15-030 (SAFR 24657), Elissa (built 1877; bark, 3m) photograph album, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
SAFR-02387
Transfer from the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Library (call number fff VM311 B4 E4) in 2015. The album
was created by Karl Kortum and Harlan Soeten circa 1971.
Historical or Biographical Note
ELISSA is an iron-hulled three -masted bark. She was built in 1877 by Alexander Hall & Company in Aberdeen, Scotland. She
is currently owned by the Galveston Historical Foundation in Galveston, Texas.
The Elissa (built 1877; bark, 3m) photograph album, circa 1971, (SAFR 24657, P15-030) is comprised of an album containing
images and text about the bark ELISSA. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Consists of 1 photograph album, 16 x 22 in., containing five pages of a brief history of ELISSA (built 1877; bark, 3m) and
her builder Alexander Hall & Company, compiled by Karl Kortum and Harlan Soeten circa 1971. The text gives a brief update
of her current condition as of 1971 and mentions the possibility of using ELISSA as a youth training vessel after restoration.
Image list by page:
Page 1. ELISSA sail plan, port broadside view, by J. Henderson, Aberdeen, 1971. 1 color print, 8.75 x 14 in.
Page 2. Painting by Oswald Brett of FJELD, ex-ELISSA, underway, port broadside view, 1897-1911. She is flying the Bugge and
Olsen flag. 1 black-and-white photographic print, 9.25 x 13.25 in. Credit Norsk Sjofartsmuseum, Oslo, Norway.
Page 3. ELISSA bow view and deck view while anchored at Piraeus, Greece, 1971. 2 color photographic prints, 5 x 7.25 in.
Page 4. Text only.
Page 5.Watercolor painting by Mark Myers of ELISSA underway on San Francisco Bay, California. 1 color photographic print,
6.75 x 9.5 in.
Single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Barks (Sailing ships)
Ships--Preservation
Elissa (Ship)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Color prints (photographs)
Photograph albums