A guide to the Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph, 1902-1909
Processed by: L. Bianchi, November 2014.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2015
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A Guide to the Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph
P14-007
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2015, National Park Service
Title: Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph
Date: 1902-1909
Identifier/Call Number: P14-007 (SAFR 24428)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph, 1902-1909, (SAFR 24428, P14-007) is comprised of a photograph of ERIC
(built 1898; schooner, 4m), MARY E. FOSTER (built 1898; schooner, 4m), and TREMONT (built 1902; steamship) docked at a lumber
wharf in Tacoma, Washington. 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], P14-007 (SAFR 24428), Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
SAFR-02304
The photograph was originally part of a larger gift to the Friends of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Library and given
to the Park's library in 2005. The photograph was transferred as a field collection and accessioned into the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park museum collection in 2014.
Historical or Biographical Note
MARY E. FOSTER (built 1898; schooner, 4m) and ERIC (built 1898; schooner, 4m) were built by Hall Brothers in Port Blakely,
Washington. TREMONT (built 1902; steamship) was renamed CRISTOBAL in 1909.
The Loading lumber in Tacoma, Washington photograph, 1902-1909, (SAFR 24428, P14-007) is comprised of a photograph of ERIC
(built 1898; schooner, 4m), MARY E. FOSTER (built 1898; schooner, 4m), and TREMONT (built 1902; steamship) docked at a lumber
wharf in Tacoma, Washington. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Contains a photograph (black-and-white photographic print, 7.5 x 9.5 in., mounted on a 9.25 x 11.25 in. board) of lumber loading
activities on the waterfront of Tacoma, Washington, 1902-1909. A large quantity of lumber is stacked in the foreground with
six men at work on the piles. MARY E. FOSTER (built 1898; schooner, 4m) of Honolulu, Hawaii, is on the right with her stern
ports open. Two men are loading lumber through the ports. ERIC (built 1898; schooner, 4m) of San Francisco, California, is
moored alongside MARY E. FOSTER, stern view, in the center of the photograph. TREMONT (built 1902; steamship) of Boston, Massachusetts,
is moored on the left, port broadside view from stern to amidships.
The photographer is not identified. Photographer number 11833 is written in the lower right corner of the photograph. "Waterfront
Loading Lumber. Tacoma Washington" is handwritten on the board.
Single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schooners
Lumber trade
Tacoma (Wash.)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Gelatin silver prints