Finding Aid to the Doc Berenson Ships Postcard Collection, 1930-1939

This description was produced by the Historic Documents Department of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historic Documents Department

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

National Park Service
Third Floor, Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: 415-561-7030
Fax: 415-556-3540
All written inquiries should include your name, mailing address, and telephone numbers.
2007

Finding Aid to the Doc Berenson ships postcard collection, 1930-1939

Collection Number: P05-017

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Historic Documents Department

San Francisco, California

Contact Information:

  • San Francisco Maritime
  • National Historical Park
  • Third Floor, Building E, Fort Mason
  • San Francisco, CA 94123
  • Phone: 415-561-7030
  • Fax: 415-556-3540
  • All written inquiries should include your name, mailing address, and telephone numbers.
    Processed by:
    Charles Miller
    Date Completed:
    4/27/2005
    Encoded by:
    San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park,

    Historic Documents Department

Summary

Title: Doc Berenson ships postcard collection,
Date: 1930-1939
Collection No: P05-017
Creator: Berenson, Doc

Extent: 52 items.
Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.)
Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
Abstract: The collection of 52 postcards are views of various square-rigged sailing vessels.
Physical Location: Historic Documents Department
Language: In English.

Indexing Terms

The following are indexing terms related to the description of this collection.
Square-riggers

Postcards

Photographic prints

Information for Researchers

Access Information

Access
This collection is open for research.

Access Information

Condition Restrictions

There are no restrictions based on the condition of this material. However, you should be aware that access to collection material is always at the discretion of NPS curatorial staff if the condition warrants restricting the access and handling of the collection items at any time.

Conditions of Use

Use
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 title or description including date]. Doc Berenson ships postcard collection, P05-017. [Location within collection organization identified by container number, series number, file unit number, or item number]. Historic Documents Department, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

Processing/Project Information

Processing and Cataloging
Processed by Charles Miller and completed 4/27/2005.
ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20705.

The collection is cataloged in the National Park Service (NPS) Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+). A portion of the ANCS+ catalog record can be viewed on the NPS Museum Collections on the Web Catalog by searching on the catalog number 20705 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.

Administrative Information

History

This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.

Custodial History

The items were donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum by Doc Berenson on September 4, 1961. The materials were accessioned into the National Park Service when the museum was made a unit of Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA-735) and then were transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park after the establishment of the new park in 1989 (SAFR-1).

Acquisition

Accession number SAFR-00001.

Administrative Information

Scope and Content

The collection of 52 postcards are views of various square-rigged sailing vessels.
All have the vessel name written in pencil on the back. The lettering is very similar to that of the J. Porter Shaw photograph and postcard collection (P05-001), and may very well be the writing of J. Porter Shaw. A little over half of them are stamped "Sold by Arthur Beale, 194 Shaftesbury Ave., London, W.C.". A few are stamped "Nautical Photo Agency."
The ships depicted are: AMULREC, ANAKONDA, ANGLESEY, ARDENCONNEL, CARACAS, CEREAL, DECHMONT, FANNY FISHER, FREDEN, GABRIELLE D'ALI, GANYMEDE, GENERAL DE BOISDEFFRIE, GLENMARK, GORCH FOCH, HEATHFIELD, HERMANOS, HERO (two), HJERTNESS, ILMA, INDORE, INVERCAULD, IONE, JANE BELL, JANES, LOBO, LOCH CREE, LOCH FINLAS, MACCABEO, MAGDALENE VINNEN, MARCO POLO, MAIPO, NORMA, REICHERSTIEG, ROLLO, ROYAL TAR, SARAH, SAVOIA, SHAKESPEAR, STRATFORD, SUAREZ II, SUCCESS, TAMARA, THEODOR, TJERIMAI, TRASQUITA, VIRGO, WILD WAVE, WINTERHUDE, WOODBURN, WYNFORD, WYNSTAY.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by vessel name.