Finding Aid to the Queen (Built 1882; Passenger Vessel) Photograph, circa 1897

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 Queen (built 1882; passenger vessel) photograph, circa 1897

Collection Number: P05-011

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:
    3/15/2005
    Encoded by:
    San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park,

    Historic Documents Department

Summary

Title: Queen (built 1882; passenger vessel) photograph,
Date: circa 1897
Collection No: P05-011
Creator: San Francisco Maritime Museum

Extent: 1 item.
Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.)
Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
Abstract: One 8 x 10 in. black-and-white photographic print captioned "'The Klondike Fever' Loading for Alaska."
Physical Location: Historic Documents Department
Language: In English.

Indexing Terms

The following are indexing terms related to the description of this collection.
Pacific Coast Steamship Company

Queen (passenger vessel)

Klondike gold fields

Photography of ships

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]. Queen (built 1882; passenger vessel) photograph, P05-011. [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 3/15/2005.
ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20649.

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 20649 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.

Administrative Information

History

Historical Note

The passenger vessel QUEEN was built at Philadelphia in 1882 as QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC and later renamed QUEEN. She was owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., and saw duty to Alaska in the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. In 1935, QUEEN left Seattle as QUEEN MARU, with a Japanese crew, bound for a Japanese scrapyard. Source: The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, ed. Gordon Newell.

Custodial History

The photographs were acquired by the San Francisco Maritime Museum from an unidentified source prior to Golden Gate National Recreation Area acquisition of the collection and they were transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park under the blanket accession SAFR-00001.

Acquisition

Accession number SAFR-00001.

Administrative Information

Scope and Content

One 8 x 10 in. black-and-white photographic print captioned "'The Klondike Fever' Loading for Alaska."
The view is of the passenger vessel QUEEN in port.

Arrangement

No arrangement.