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Whalebone drying at the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. yard in the Potrero, San Francisco, CA, undated

View includes the ORCA (steam whaler) on the left and the J.D. PETERS (built 1875; bark, 3m) on the right. Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 109, with the following information: "What appear to be palm fronds are actually pieces of whalebone as removed from the whale's jaw and put out to dry in the yard of the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. in the Potrero District of San Francisco. The San Francisco-built steam whaler ORCA appears in the background at the left and, at the right, the merchant bark J.D. PETERS is loading whale oil and bone to transport around the Horn to East Coast markets. Millen Griffith Collection."

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Code: SAFR

NPS Museum Number Catalog : SAFR 21374
Local Park number : P93-065, Series 1, File Unit 12, Item A12.00232

San Francisco Maritime Museum classified photograph collection, 1575-1984
San Francisco Maritime Digital Museum Archival Collection

Title: Guide to the San Francisco Maritime Museum classified photograph collection, 1575-1984 located on the Online Archives of California website.
URL: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hm5f30/

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San Francisco Maritime Museum

Organization: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Address: 2 Marina Boulevard, Building E, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94123
Email: safr_maritime_library@nps.gov

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