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Finding Aid to the Mercedes Pearce Postcard Collection, 1898-1910
P05-028
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Title: Mercedes Pearce postcard collection,
Date: 1898-1910
Collection No: P05-028
Creator:
Pearce, Mercedes
Extent:
5 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.)
Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
Abstract: The collection consists of 5 postcards are primarily of scenes in San Francisco Bay (Calif.) with one postcard of the U.S.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer WORDEN.
Physical Location: Historic Documents Department
Language:
In English.
The following are indexing terms related to the description of this collection.
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
Photography of ships
Postcards
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.
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]. Mercedes Pearce postcard collection, P05-028. [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 5/6/2005.
ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20720.
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 20720 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.
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 20720 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.
Administrative Information
Historical Note
The WORDEN (Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 16) was launched on August 15, 1901 at Sparrows Point, MD. In November 1907, she was placed in reserve at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and later in Charleston, S.C. During the First World War, she was reactivated, and was placed out of commission in Philadelphia in 1919. She was converted to mercantile service in 1920.
The WORDEN (Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 16) was launched on August 15, 1901 at Sparrows Point, MD. In November 1907, she was placed in reserve at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and later in Charleston, S.C. During the First World War, she was reactivated, and was placed out of commission in Philadelphia in 1919. She was converted to mercantile service in 1920.
The collection was donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum by Mercedes Pearce in November 1960. 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).
Accession number SAFR-00001.
Administrative Information
The collection consists of 5 postcards are primarily of scenes in San Francisco Bay (Calif.) with one postcard of the U.S.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer WORDEN.
No arrangement.