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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Captain and Mrs. Harrison in their cabin aboard the British ship EVA MONTGOMERY, at Puget Sound, WA, ca. 1904.
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Fairy lassoing a seahorse

W.S. Gilbert's The "Bab" Ballads (Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection)

The library is open to the public Tuesday through Thursday 1pm-5pm. Public access to archival collections (documents, photos, plans) is by appointment only, Monday through Friday, 1pm-4pm, and the third Saturday of the month. (Closed most federal holidays.) Please contact us to make an appointment with a reference librarian, for assistance with your research, or for more information.

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Directions: The Library is located on the third floor of Building E, in Fort Mason Center (also known as Lower Fort Mason), located near the intersection of Buchanan and Marina Blvd. (Entrance across from the Marina Safeway.) Building E is the easternmost warehouse building, near the Festival Pavilion and the Firehouse building.  Or, to put it another way, the Library is located at 37° 48.4' N, 122° 25.8' W, as charted by volunteers Larry Kellogg and Doug Burrill.

Accessibility: The main reading room is wheelchair accessible.
Jewel Mazique cataloging in the Library of Congress, 1942
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San Francisco Fire, 1906. A painting by William A. Coulter. The "Great Earthquake" shook the city at 5:12 am on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. William A. Coulter, a maritime artist and journalist, painted this scene on a ten foot wide window shade that he pulled from a demolished bank building in the rubble of the still-burning city.
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