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San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkVolunteers learning the art of going aloft on the sailing ship Balclutha.
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Chinese workers unloading rice packaged in matting from a wagon. The goods were then loading on to the sailing vessel adjacent to the dock. The photo was taken in San Francisco during April 1906. A12.24365

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Chinese workers unloading rice packaged in matting from a wagon. The goods were then loaded aboard the sailing vessel adjacent to the dock. The photo was taken in San Francisco during April 1906.

Asians In the Salmon Canning Industry

By Stephen Canright, Park Curator, Maritime History

 
Women and Maritime History
 
A woman on a sailing ship taking a sight with a sextant.
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Mrs. Hansen, the captain's wife, taking a sight with a sextant.
 
 
The crew of the British ship Rathdown photographed in San Francisco in 1892. K9.28,157nl

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The crew of the British ship Rathdown photographed in San Francisco in 1892.

African American History
 
Thomas C. Fleming, 22 years old, in 1929.

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Thomas C. Fleming, 22 years old, in 1929.

Black Newsman Went to Sea on the Admiral Line
 
The Fort Ross yawl ready to launch from the highwire rig. P84-002.2n

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The Fort Ross yawl ready to launch from the highwire rig.

Six Small Boats: Representative Gems in the Park's Collection

An article by Stephen Canright, Curator of History

 

 
Packing up the boat. The adventure begins.

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Packing up the boat. The adventure begins.

Small Boat Odyssey: A Journey From Breakers to Sloughs

An article by Jason Rucker, Small Craft Assistant

 
A view of the long, pointed bowsprint of the schooner THAYER that extends from the bow over the water.  

Did You Know?
The spar extending from the bow of the 1895 lumber schooner CA THAYER, is 59 feet long, with its rigging weighs 8,500 pounds, and is made of a single piece of Douglas fir.
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