Tooker (Richard) Photographs, 1869-1984

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Summary

Title:
Richard Tooker photographs,
Dates:
1869-1984
Creators:
Richard Tooker
Abstract:
The collection consists of photographs from Richard Tooker's research papers on West Coast shipping.
Extent:
1.66 linear feet
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], P00-003, [Location within collection organization identified by series number, file unit number, or item number], Richard Tooker, 1869-1984, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection of consists of photographs related primarily with the lumber industry and steam schooners along the Mendocino coast. The collection includes some correspondence directly related to the photographs in the same folder.

Biographical / historical:

Richard Tooker was born July 2, 1917 in Syracuse, New York and raised in Canajoharie. He graduated in 1938 from Syracuse University and moved to San Francisco, California in 1942 were he began working for Southern Pacific Railroad. He later worked for a travel agency and then for Social Security Administration until 1980.

In 1959, Mr. Tooker began traveling the coast of Northern California as part of his interest in scuba diving. He started accumulating photographs and researching the local history related to the lumber trade which included the various ports and dogholes for loading cargoe on coastal vessels such as steam schooners. He conducted oral history interviews with locals and collected photographs especially of the Casper Lumber Company activities in Mendocino, California. He wrote and published short articles in the CenCal News, the newsletter of the Central California Council of Diving Clubs from 1963 to 1972. In 1968, his article "Loading by High-line on the California Coast" was published in Sea Letter, a publication of the San Francisco Maritime Museum.

In 1980, Mr. Tooker began regularly volunteering at San Francisco Maritime Museum and was eventually hired to work in the Historic Documents Department where he remained until his retirement in 1995.

Mr. Tooker died in San Francisco, California on August 8, 2000.

Acquisition information:
Richard Tooker.
Custodial history:

Richard Tooker photographed and compiled the materials that were given to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in 2000.

Processing information:

Processed by Francis Hallinan.
Completed 24 Jan 2001.

Arrangement:

The collections is arranged in the following series: 1. Caspar Lumber Company, 2. Photograph collections from specific sources, 3. Photographs with correspondence, 4. Landings, 5. Logging, 6. Photograph album, 7. Loading by High-Line on the California Coast, 8. Ships, and 9. Richard Tooker's research trips.

Physical location:
Historic Documents Department.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts. and Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Maritime history.
Names:
Caspar Lumber Company.
Places:
Mendocino (Calif.).

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
The guide for this collection was created by the Historic Documents Department staff of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Date Prepared:
2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by automated script. Data derived from the ANCS+/Rediscovery archives module database. Date of source: 2003

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Francisco Maritime NHP possesses physical property rights through ownership of the materials. However, copyright may reside with the individual or corporate body responsible for the creation of the materials, or with their heirs. It is the user's responsibility to respect the provisions of the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission to reproduce or publish from this collection must be secured by the user from the copyright holders.

Preferred citation:

[Item description], P00-003, [Location within collection organization identified by series number, file unit number, or item number], Richard Tooker, 1869-1984, 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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