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A guide to the Louis L. Stein, Jr. photograph collection, 1880-1950
P77-068L (SAFR 24854)
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Title: Louis L. Stein, Jr. photograph collection
Date: 1880-1950
Identifier/Call Number: P77-068L (SAFR 24854)
Creator:
Stein, Louis L., Jr.
Physical Description:
112 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Louis L. Stein, Jr. photograph collection, 1880-1950, (SAFR 24854, P77-068L) is comprised mainly of photographs of various
steamships, some in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection has been processed to the Item and is open for
use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
Nitrate negatives are restricted from use. Use-copies can be provided.
Glass plate negatives may require special handling by the reference staff.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P77-068L (SAFR 24854), Louis L. Stein, Jr. photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00789
The collection was donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum library by Louis L. Stein, Jr., in 1977. The collection was
accessioned as GOGA-00789 when it was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
(GGNRA) in February 1985.
SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.
Historical or Biographical Note
Louis Lorenz Stein, Jr. was born on August 21, 1902, in Berkeley, California. He earned a degree from the University of California
School of Pharmacy in 1924, and opened a pharmacy in Kensington, California, in 1928. His passion for history led to a lifetime
of collecting material related to railroads and local history, including photographs, documents, artifacts, ephemera, and
more.
His collection of pharmaceutical items served as the basis for the historic drugstore at Columbia State Historic Park, and,
in 1953, he purchased the Martinez Adobe to save it from destruction. Parts of his collection can be found in various other
Northern California museums and historical societies, including the California State Railroad Museum and the Contra Costa
County Historical Society.
Louis Stein married Mildred Slater (1903-1989) in 1927. They had two children, Robert and Janet. Louis Stein died on November
11, 1996.
Sources:
"Louis L. Stein, 1902-1996." Contra Costa County Historical Society. Accessed March 8, 2017. http://www.cocohistory.org/llstein.html
"Louis L. Stein, Collector." Lafayette Historical Society News, vol. 34, no. 5, November 2007: 2-4.
The Louis L. Stein, Jr. photograph collection, 1880-1950, (SAFR 24854, P77-068L) is comprised mainly of photographs of various
steamships, some in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The collection has been processed to the Item and is open for
use.
Contains photographs primarily of merchant steamships and United States Navy vessels in the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
and other various locations, 1880-1950. There are 99 unique photographic images in 112 physical forms (5 nitrate negatives,
5 preservation contact interpositives, 5 preservation contact negatives, 43 safety negatives, 2 glass plate negatives, 50
black-and-white photographic prints, and 2 black-and-white photographic postcards). The collection holds photographs of both
passenger and cargo steamships, including World War II era Liberty ships and Victory ships. There are also a small number
of photographs of sailing vessels, including STAR OF ENGLAND, STAR OF FINLAND, STAR OF LAPLAND, AND STAR OF ALASKA of the
Alaska Packers Association, the five-masted schooner ELINOR H, and others.
Sometime after the collection was received in 1977, item numbers were assigned to each image without reference to any order.
These numbers were maintained when fully processed in 2017.
Louis L. Stein photograph collection, 1870-1940. SFMNHP, (SAFR 18433, P77-017L). Comprised mainly of photographs of various
steamships.
Louis Stein photographs, undated. SFMNHP, (SAFR 18988, P78-172a). Consists of two black-and-white copy negatives of LAVADA
(steamship) docked at an unidentified shipyard, and of a flour mill, possibly at South Vallejo, California.
Cargo ship photographs, 1909-1950, bulk 1940-1950, (SAFR 24847, P15-032). Comprised mainly of photographs of various cargo
ships, likely in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cargo ships
Merchant ships
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Gelatin silver prints
Cellulose nitrate film
Interpositives
Glass negatives