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A guide to the Herbert Tiesler papers, 1914-1942
HDC0048 (SAFR 17614)
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Title: Herbert Tiesler papers
Date: 1914-1942
Date (bulk): 1933-1942
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0048 (SAFR 17614)
Physical Description:
12 items
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Herbert Tiesler papers (SAFR 17614, HDC 48) is comprised of 12 items spanning the years 1914-1942. The documents include
newspaper clippings about ferries returning to San Francisco Bay, a drawing, a manuscript written in German, letters congratulating
Tiesler on a job well done in a ferry crash, a certificate of membership, a second mate license, a certificate of service
for the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, a letter in German requesting entry into Germany in 1914 which was denied, and
two illustrations. This collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restrictions.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English. --In German
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0048 (SAFR 17614), Herbert Tiesler papers, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
Seaman and artist Herbert Tiesler (1894-1975) was born in the small town of Oels, Silesia, in what was then known as Eastern
Prussia. He attended art school but "always had a longing for the sea" and in 1909 hired on for his first voyage as a deck
boy on a roundtrip to England. Subsequent voyages took him to Australia and South America and, in 1914, he signed on as a
seaman on the German four-mast bark HANS and sailed around Cape Horn to Santa Rosalia, Mexico.
The Herbert Tiesler papers (SAFR 17614, HDC 48) is comprised of 12 items spanning the years 1914-1942. The documents include
newspaper clippings about ferries returning to San Francisco Bay, a drawing, a manuscript written in German, letters congratulating
Tiesler on a job well done in a ferry crash, a certificate of membership, a second mate license, a certificate of service
for the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, a letter in German requesting entry into Germany in 1914 which was denied, and
two illustrations. This collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restrictions.
12 items in collection arranged in chronological order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ferries
Correspondence
Clippings (Newspapers, books, etc.)
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)