Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel), 1893-1918

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Summary

Title:
Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel)
Dates:
1893-1918
Creators:
Commercial Studios
Abstract:
The Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel), 1893-1918, (SAFR 24852, P17-001) is comprised of a photograph of the Alameda built steamship ROSALIE underway. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.
Extent:
1 item
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P17-001 (SAFR 24852), Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel), San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel), 1893-1918, (SAFR 24852, P17-001) is comprised of a photograph of the Alameda built steamship ROSALIE underway. The collection has been processed to the Collection level and is open for use.

Contains 1 black-and-white photographic print, 8 x 10 in., of a starboard broadside view of ROSALIE (built 1893; passenger vessel) underway with passengers on board, possibly while operating as a ferry in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1893-1918. There is a Commercial Studios of Oakland, California, stamp on the verso. The following note is handwritten on the verso: "Steamer 'Rosalie' built by Chas. G. White at his shipyard at Alameda Point in 1893. Was built for a play boat for some Chicago money men. Was later used for the 5 cent ferry called the Davie ferry. Later was sold to Seattle people; used as a freighter on Puget Sound. Later burned at a dock in Seattle. [signed] George J. White."

Biographical / historical:

The steamship ROSALIE was built in 1893 by Charles G. White in Alameda, California.

John L. Davie operated ROSALIE as a ferry on San Francisco Bay. She left to run on Puget Sound and later made trips to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. She operated with the Northwestern Steamship Company, Alaska Steamship Company, and Puget Sound Navigation Company. ROSALIE was destroyed by fire while laid up at Seattle, Washington, in 1918.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-02542

The photograph was donated to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park by Nancy Skinner in 2016.

Processing information:

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Arrangement:

Single item.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Physical description:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: L. Bianchi, 2017.
Date Prepared:
2017
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 3/3/2017 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P17-001 (SAFR 24852), Commercial Studios photograph of Rosalie (built 1893; passenger vessel), San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

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