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Title: W.O. Jorstad photograph of Kaiulani (built 1899; bark, 3m)
Date: 1899-1910
Identifier/Call Number: P16-017 (SAFR 24857)
Creator:
Jorstad, W. O. (Willard Ormand), 1899-1991
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The W.O. Jorstad photograph collection, 1899-1910, (SAFR 24857, P16-017) is comprised of a photograph of KAIULANI (built 1899;
bark, 3m) at sea. 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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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P16-017 (SAFR 24857), W.O. Jorstad photograph of Kaiulani (built 1899; bark, 3m), San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-02526
Willard O. "George" Jorstad (1899-1991), carpenter aboard KAULIANI (built 1899; bark, 3m) during her final voyage in 1941,
gave the photograph to Steven A. Harris. From 1988-1992, Mr. Harris worked as a part-time historian for Mr. Jorstad, compiling
and transcribing writings and interviews regarding Mr. Jorstad's experiences in gold mining and his KAIULANI voyage. SFMNHP
received the photograph from Mr. Harris in 2004. A copy of the photograph is attached to a profile about Jorstad on Ancestry.com
(https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/100738037/person/250005863720/).
Historical or Biographical Note
The three-masted bark KAUILANI was built by Arthur Sewall in Bath, Maine, in 1899. In 1910, the Alaska Packers Association
purchased KAIULANI and renamed her STAR OF FINLAND.
She served in the Alaska salmon cannery trade until 1927 when she was laid up in Oakland, California. In 1941, Hammond Lumber
Company purchased the vessel and renamed her KAIULANI. She left Aberdeen, Washington, and sailed around Cape Horn to Durban,
South Africa where she continued on to Australia. The United States Army acquired her and converted her to a barge. After
World War II, she served as a lumber barge in Manila. Attempts in the 1960s to return KAIULANI to the United States for restoration
were unsuccessful. KAIULANI was the last American-built square rigger and the last American square rigger in regular commercial
service.
Collection Scope and Content
The W.O. Jorstad photograph collection, 1899-1910, (SAFR 24857, P16-017) is comprised of a photograph of KAIULANI (built 1899;
bark, 3m) at sea. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Contains 1 black-and-white glass plate negative, 3.25 x 4.25 in., of the three-masted bark KAIULANI underway at sea, view
off the starboard quarter, 1899-1910. Some sails are set. A man is aloft in the standing rigging.
Collection Arrangement
Single item.
Related Materials
Willard Jorstad photographs of the Kaiulani (built 1899; bark, 3m) voyage, 1941. SFMNHP, (SAFR 22085, P91-050). Consists of
color slides taken by Willard O. "George" Jorstad during the 1941 voyage of the bark KAIULANI.
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Barks (Sailing ships)
Kaiulani (built 1899; bark, 3m)
Glass negatives