San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park holdings of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin newspaper photographs, ca. 1915-1965

Summary

Creators:

San Francisco Call. San Francisco Call Bulletin. San Francisco News-Call Bulletin. News-Call Bulletin.

Abstract:

This collection chiefly consists of photographic prints from the shipping and maritime-related files of The News-Call Bulletin and its predecessors, The Call Bulletin and The Call, which were daily newspapers of San Francisco, Calif.

Extent:

5,346 photographic prints and 251 negatives.

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of these photographs, used to illustrate news stories on maritime subjects, date from the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. Earlier images, dating to the 1890's, are occasionally found, but in the form of later copy photographs. The majority of images are from news agencies or wire services, together with some by local staff photographers. They include photographs of shipwrecks, strandings, vessel launchings, waterfront activities, yacht races, small boat voyages, shipbuilding, and wartime military activiities (chiefly during World War Two and the Korean War.) Documentary information was found in the form of typed or printed captions or newsclippings originally attached to the images. Emphasis is upon maritime activities of the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Coast.

Physical location:

Historic Documents Department.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts.

Related resources

Related material:

Additional related collections are held by several San Francisco Bay Area institutions. An overview of this material is available as an archival finding aid for the dispersed photograph and clippings morgues of The Call Bulletin, The News-Call Bulletin, and The San Francisco News, of which the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park holdings are a part. This collective finding aid is also available as part of the Online Archive of California. These institutions are:

• The Bancroft Library
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
  • Phone: (510) 642-6481
  • Fax: (510) 642-7589
  • Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
  • URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/
  • Electronic Finding Aid

• San Francisco History Center
  • San Francisco Public Library
  • Civic Center
  • San Francisco, CA 94102
  • (415) 557-4567
  • URL: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us
  • Electronic Finding Aid

• The National Maritime Museum Association
  • USS Pampanito
  • P.O. Box 470310
  • San Francisco, CA 94147-0310
  • (415) 775-1943

• US Navy Museum at Treasure Island
  • [No contact information available. Museum has been closed and disposition of collections is under review, Spring 1999.]

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Maritime history.
Photojournalism--California--San Francisco.
Marine photographs.
Photographic prints.

Places:

San Francisco (Calif.).

Location of this collection:

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Building E, Fort Mason

San Francisco, CA 94123, US

Contact:

415-561-7030

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