• A section of the bowsprint and figurehead on the bow of BALCLUTHA.

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The Aquatic Park Historic District includes gardens, lawns, a cable car turnaround and lagoon. The Maritime Museum building is in the background and the Golden Gate Bridge is visible on the far right.
The Aquatic Park Historic District includes the Maritime Museum in the historic Aquatic Park Bathhouse building, gardens, lawns, a cable car turnaround, beach, and cove. The cable car turnaround is in the foreground, the  Bathhouse building is in the background, and the Golden Gate Bridge is visible on the far right.
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Clipper card, SAFR 16981

Clipper cards were small, often colorful cards issued to advertise specific voyages from one port to another, usually from Boston or New York to San Francisco.  Their heyday was the late 1850s to early 1860s. More...