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Interior of the J. Porter Shaw library.
Interior of the J. Porter Shaw Library located on the third floor of Building E, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

The Library is the research portal into the Park's collections--reference librarians are available by appointment, phone, email or fax to assist you with your research in the Park's collections--with books, photographs, or even the objects cared for by the departments within the Cultural Resources Division.
Jewel Mazique cataloging in the Library of Congress, 1942
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Drawing of sailor waiving from Gordon Grant's Sail Ho
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Fairy lassoing a fish
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The stern of the THAYER showing two rectangular-shaped openings.  

Did You Know?
Loading ports are small, watertight doors in a ship's hull that lead directly into the hold. Lumber could be more easily loaded into the hold through these ports rather than through the smaller hatches on the deck. These ports had to be caulked shut before the ship put to sea.
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