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A guide to the Burgess Cogill photograph collection, 1901-1927
P77-035 (SAFR 24823)  
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Classified collection storage

File Unit 1.  Classified collection items, 1926-1927

Extent: 2 photographs (3 physical forms).
Physical Description: 3 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of photographs separated from the original P77-035 donation and assigned item numbers according to a classification scheme developed by the San Francisco Maritime Museum.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. I01.35421.  Rose Mahony (built 1918; schooner, 5m) etching showing her ashore at Miami, Florida, 1927

Creator/Collector: Metour, E. P.
Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 2 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.), n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

Copy of the front page of Miami Herald magazine, July 10,1927, featuring a drawing of ROSE MAHONY by E. P. Metour titled "King of the Windjammers." The text above the images reads, "Conquered and alone, as master of her own fate." Credit: Miami Herald.
Stored in Classified Collection.

Item No. I20.35422.  Miami, Florida, waterfront, 1926 May

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 5 x 7 in., n (5 x 7 in.)

Scope and Content Note

ROSE MAHONY (built 1918; schooner, 5m) (second from left) and ALVENA (built 1901; schooner, 4m) (first on left) and other unidentified vessels at dock.
 

File Unit 2.  Photo collection items, circa 1901-1926

Extent: 30 photographs (35 physical forms).
Physical Description: 32 black-and-white safety negatives, 5 x 7 in.; 3 black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of photographs from the original P77-035 donation that were processed as part of the Park's regular photograph collection. They were not assigned a Classified Photograph Collection item number.
 

Item No. 01.  Burgess and Dagmar Sorensen aboard Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m), circa 1910-1915

Extent: 1 photograph (4 physical forms).
Physical Description: 2 black-and-white safety negatives, 4 x 5 in.; 2 black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

They are seated on the steps leading up to the poop deck. Burgess is on the left. Both girls are holding cats in their lap.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 2 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 02.  Captain Albert Sorensen and family in Alameda, California, circa 1915-1920

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

From left to right: daughter Burgess, Albert, daughter Dagmar, and wife Marie. They are standing in front of an automobile.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 23 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 03.  Captain Albert Sorensen, Marie Sorensen, and an unidentified man aboard Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m), 1917

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 23 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 04.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) deck view while loaded with lumber at San Francisco, California, 1917

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

A four-masted barkentine is in the stream in the distance.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 25 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 05.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) leaving San Francisco, California, 1917

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View as seen from aboard an unidentified steamship.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 25 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 06.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) underway, starboard broadside view, on South African trip, 1917

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View as seen from aboard another vessel.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 25 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 07.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) underway with sails set, starboard broadside view, outside the Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay, California, 1917

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 25 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 08.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) docked, circa 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Unidentified activity on board.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 26 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 09.  Burgess and Dagmar Sorensen with friends aboard Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m), 1909

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Back row, left to right: Allen Boyle, Andrew Lorentzen, and Bob Wakamea. Front row, left to right: Dagmar, Burgess, and Kathleen Lorentzen. Dagmar and Burgess are holding dogs. Bob served as the cabin boy aboard the vessel. Andrew and Kathleen are the children of Captain A.P. Lorentzen, owner of SNOW & BURGESS.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 29 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 10.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) docked for lumber loading at the Long Wharf, Oakland, California, 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View from aboard the vessel looking toward a pile of lumber stacked on the dock.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 30 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 11.  Burgess and Dagmar Sorensen with friends seated on the steps of a hotel at Port Gamble, Washington, 1906

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

The children are not identified.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 32 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 12.  Burgess Sorensen aboard Rose Mahony (built 1918; schooner, 5m), 1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

She is standing on top of the deckload of lumber.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 33 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 13.  Dagmar, Captain Albert, and Burgess Sorensen in Alameda, California, 1919 March 16

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.; 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Captain Albert Sorensen and his two daughters.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 40 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 14.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) deck view while underway off Cape Horn, 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 55 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 15.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) forecastle head view while underway off Cape Horn, 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View forward with two men in view.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 58 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 16.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) poop deck view while underway off Cape Horn, 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View aft of two men, one of which is at the wheel.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 58 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 17.  Storm King (tugboat), circa 1915-1925

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

View from alongside the vessel of four men on board.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 62 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 18.  Burgess, Dagmar, Marie, and Captain Albert Sorensen aboard Rolph (built 1919; barkentine, 4m), 1919 July 20

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 63 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 19.  Burgess Sorensen aboard Rolph (built 1919; barkentine, 4m), 1919 July 20

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of her reflection in a mirror.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 65 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 20.  Rolph (built 1919; barkentine, 4m) docked, port bow view, 1919 July 20

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 70 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 21.  Burgess Sorensen aboard an unidentified vessel, 1923 May

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

She is standing on the railing and holding onto the rigging.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 101 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 22.  Hesperian (built 1918; barkentine, 4m) docked at New Zealand, bow view, 1924

Extent: 1 photograph (2 physical forms).
Physical Description: 2 black-and-white safety negatives, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 110 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 23.  Eric Cogill diving off the stern of West Grama (built 1918; freighter), circa 1918-1920

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Husband of Burgess (Sorensen) Cogill.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 113 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 24.  Two unidentified men, 1922 June

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

One of the men could possibly be Eric Cogill during the construction of the Hetch Hetchy dam.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 118 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 25.  Dagmar and Burgess Sorensen, likely aboard Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m), circa 1906

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Related Material

Copy negative made from the print on page 122 of the photograph album cataloged as P85-016.
 

Item No. 26.  Rolph (built 1919; barkentine, 4m) and other unidentified sailing vessels anchored in the Thames River, England, 1919-1920

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

ROLPH is second from the left. Her bow is damaged from being rammed by a Belgian tramp steamer.

Related Material

Copy negative made from a print in P85-016, Item 07.
 

Item No. 27.  Pope and Talbot Lumber Company mills at Port Gamble, Washington, circa 1915-1920

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Several sailing vessels are docked. Logs are floating in the water.
Caption: The Old Mills and Shipping at Gamble.

Related Material

Copy negative made from a print in P85-016, Item 17.
 

Item No. 28.  Pope and Talbot Lumber Company mills at Port Gamble, Washington, circa 1915-1920

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Several sailing vessels are docked.
Caption: Old Mills and Shipping at Gamble, Wash.

Related Material

Copy negative made from a print in P85-016, Item 18.
 

Item No. 29.  Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) docked at San Francisco, California, port broadside view, 1901-1918

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Haslett Warehouse and South End Warehouse are among the buildings along the waterfront. In the far right distance is the Ferry Building tower.

Related Material

Copy negative made from a print in P85-016, Item 19.
 

Item No. 30.  Rose Mahony (built 1918; schooner, 5m) poop deck view while stranded on a beach in Miami, Florida, circa 1926

Extent: 1 photograph.
Physical Description: 1 black-and-white safety negative, 4 x 5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Four men are in view. Captain Albert Sorensen is third from the left.

Related Material

Copy negative made from a print in P85-016, Item 33.