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San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkA historic photo of Aquatic Park lagoon.
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Library and Research
 
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 CA Thayer, a lumber schooner, built in 1895 in Northern California.  

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Once, hundreds of sailing schooners carried lumber to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and the California Redwood Coast. Built in 1895, C.A. Thayer, once part of that mighty Pacific Coast fleet, survives at San Francisco Maritime NHP.
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Last Updated: September 29, 2006 at 17:43 EST