San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park - Stories (U.S. National Park Service)

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.

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Women's History Month

Captain and Mrs. Peterson aboard the THAYER

Capt. and wife pose on stern of Thayer, 1905.

Mrs. Agnes Tapley and Baby Della

Mother and daughter on the deck of a sailing ship.

Mrs. Tapley taking a sight using a sextant

Women shipbuilders during WWII

Women Welders during WWII

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

African American History

Photo courtesy of Max Millard

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

Black Newsman Went to Sea on the Admiral Line

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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

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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