Copy negatives of newspaper clippings on steam schooners and ship figurehead, circa 1920-1929

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Summary

Title:

Copy negatives of newspaper clippings on steam schooners and ship figurehead,

Dates:

circa 1920-1929

Creators:

San Francisco Maritime Museum

Abstract:

This collection consists of copy negatives of newspaper clippings west coast vessels.

Extent:

3 items.

Language:

In English.

Preferred citation:

Preferred Citation

[Item title or description including date]. Copy negatives of newspaper clippings on steam schooners and ship figurehead, P05-009. [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.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of copy negatives of newspaper clippings west coast vessels.

The images depict a figurehead from America (built 1874; ship, 3m); Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner) and Celilo (built 1913; steam schooner) unloading in an unknown port; and "Big anchor rope of fiber stronger than chains," advertisement.

Biographical / historical:

Historical Note
The steam schooner WAPAMA was the last of 235 steam schooners built on the west coast. She was built in 1915 for the coastal lumber trade between Oregon and California. WAPAMA built by the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company at St. Helens, OR, for the McCormack Steamship Company. In the early 1920s, she and her sister ship, the CELILO were sold when the McCormack fleet all went steel. In 1936, the WAPAMA moved to Seattle, the property of the Alaska Transportation Company, and her name was changed to TONGASS. The TONGASS remained operating, carrying mail, freight and passengers between Seattle and Alaska, until 1947. In 1949, she was sold to a Seattle scrap firm, and was docked there for several years. In 1957, the WAPAMA was bought by the state of California and put on display at the San Francisco Maritime Museum. After extensive restoration, she was open to the public in 1963 at the Hyde Street Pier. WAPAMA was placed on a barge in 1980, when she could no longer remain afloat due to her weak structural hull. In 1984, she was named a national historic landmark.

CELILO was a sister ship to WAPAMA. CELILO ended up as wreckage lying on a deserted island in Suisun Bay, and was burned by vandals on the eve of an expedition to salvage materials.

Acquisition information:

Accession number SAFR-00001.

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.

Processing information:

Processing and Cataloging

Processed by Charles Miller and completed 3/15/2005.

ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20648.
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 20648 at http://www.museum.nps.gov/safr/page.htm. Do not include the acronym "SAFR" in the search.

Arrangement:

No arrangement.

Physical location:

Historic Documents Department

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard.

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Photography of ships
Clippings
Names:: Wapama (steam schooner)
Celilo (steam schooner)
America (built 1874; ship, 3m)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: This description was produced by the Historic Documents Department 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 and other sources. Date of source: 3/15/2005.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Access

This collection is open for research.

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.

Terms of access:

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.