This collection chiefly consists of photographic prints from the shipping and maritime-related files of The News-Call Bulletin and its predecessors, The Call Bulletin and The Call, which were daily newspapers of San Francisco, Calif.

5,346 photographic prints and 251 negatives.

Copyright has not been assigned to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. All requests for permission to publish materials must be submitted in writing to the Supervisory Archivist. 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. Any permission for publication granted is given on behalf of the holding institution as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the user.

Collection is open for research in the reading room of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department and J. Porter Shaw Library.