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A guide to the J. Porter Shaw photograph collection, 1896-1897
P79-058a (SAFR 24838)
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Title: J. Porter Shaw photograph collection
Date: 1896-1897
Identifier/Call Number: P79-058a (SAFR 24838)
Creator:
Pearce, [I.?]
Shaw, J. Porter
Shaw, J. Porter
Physical Description:
4 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The J. Porter Shaw photograph collection, circa 1890-1900, (SAFR 24838, P79-058a) is comprised of a photograph album documenting
a voyage aboard ULSTERMORE (built 1894; freighter) between Liverpool, England, and Baltimore, Maryland, 1896-1897, as well
as miscellaneous loose photographic prints. The collection has been processed to the Item 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], P79-058a (SAFR 24838), J. Porter Shaw photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00789
Gift from the J. Porter Shaw estate, 1959.
SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.
GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February
1985.
Historical or Biographical Note
This collection does not include a historical or biographical note.
The J. Porter Shaw photograph collection, circa 1890-1900, (SAFR 24838, P79-058a) is comprised of a photograph album documenting
a voyage aboard ULSTERMORE (built 1894; freighter) between Liverpool, England, and Baltimore, Maryland, 1896-1897, as well
as miscellaneous loose photographic prints. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Contains 1 photograph album with 54 black-and-white photographic prints photographed and complied by the first officer of
ULSTERMORE (built 1894; freighter) during a voyage between Liverpool, England, and Baltimore, Maryland, 1896-1897. Includes
photographs of ULSTERMORE and her crew members as well as photographs of other vessels and landscapes spotted during the trip.
The collection also includes photographs of a river vessel in England; an unidentified group of children; and a man and a
woman walking on a rocky river bed.
Arranged into two File Units: File Unit 1. Classified collection items; File Unit 2. Photo collection items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Voyages and travels
Photograph albums
Black-and-white prints (photographs)