Spaulding (Myron) and Spaulding Boatworks photographs, 1860-2010, bulk circa 1930-1950

Spaulding Boatworks and yacht races, 1939-1954

Containers:
Box 1, 14
Identifier:
File Unit 07.
Dates:
1939-1954
Extent:
18 photographs (26 physical forms).
Scope and content:

Items 0169-0186. Consists of photographs of Spaulding Boatworks and various yachts underway.

Includes:
  • Spaulding Boatworks shop area before building showing original pilings, Sausalito, California, circa 1954.
  • PAJARA (sloop: yacht) (#41), with Myron Spaulding at the helm, and DORADE (built 1930; yawl: yacht) (#13) competing in the Farallon Race, 1939. Some of the photos are by F. Pierce Sherry.
  • DORADE sailing past SAN FRANCISCO (lightship), circa 1942.
  • ZITA II (schooner, 2m) (#84) underway at the start of the Golden Gate Yacht Club regatta, San Francisco Bay, California, 1945. The vessel has new rigging by Myron Spaulding.
  • HUSSY (sloop: yacht) (#20) competing in the San Francisco Perpetual Trophy race, 1946. AMORITA (sloop: yacht) (#5) is in view in one of the photographs.
Physical description:
8 black-and-white safety negatives; 18 black-and-white photographic prints.

Access and use

Parent restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Nitrate negatives are restricted from use. Digital derivative copies are available for access.

Parent terms of access:
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Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030