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1. 1906 Steam Gauge - Gauge, Steam Pressure

   1906 brass steam gauge, possibly for knot speed. Large round brass housing is shaped like a port hole with recessed sides and a solid brass back. Interior brushed steel(?) face is under glass and has markings that measure from 0 - 4000 in 500 increments. Numbers and markings are in black. There is a long black and short red dial. Unit is mounted to a brass threaded pipe with a pointed tip, upon which are mounted to large brass nuts and a lar...

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2. 1964 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City - Photograph

   1964 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. Black and white photograph shows an aerial view of Pete's Harbor when it was under construction. Photo is mounted behind glass in dark brown stained wooden frame. Photo was displayed in Pete's Harbor Restaurant.

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3. 1996 Painting of Pete's Harbor Restaurant by Houla - Painting

   1996 painting of Pete's Harbor Restaurant in Redwood City by Houla. Painting is drawn in black ink with accents in off-white paint on a tan-colored stained wooden board. Image depicts the restaurant with two palm trees and a cypress(?) out front, a boat on the roof, another boat toward the back on an awning and a sailboat behind. A seagull is flying above the right side of the painting. Bottom right, just below building near center of paintin...

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4. 1996 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City by Brian O'Neill - Photograph

   1996 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City by Brian O'Neill. Color photograph focuses on a white sailboat with blue trim docked in the marina with orange poppies in the foreground. The dock and two other boats are visible in the background. Photograph is matted and framed under glass. Mat is white in color and is signed by artist in lower right corner beneath photo. Wooden frame has a printed oak paper veneer. "BT O'Neill" (handwritte...

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5. Ano Nuevo Marine Education Center Opening Proclamation (unframed), 2008 - Proclamation

   Ano Nuevo Marine Education Center Opening Proclamation (unframed), 2008. A proclamation of the Ano Nuevo Marine Education Center used for the opening in 2008. Includes history on Ano Nuevo, background on the Ano Nuevo Marine Education Center, and a map from Monterey Bay to Point Ano Nuevo to San Francisco. White thin rolled proclamation made of paper with a gold thin ribbon tied on it inside of a white tube with photocopies of San Juan clippings ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. A Symposium on Andrew Furuseth - Unknown

   A Symposium on Andrew Furuseth by N.A., 1948. This book is a series of articles, opinions, photographs, publications, essays, and editorials on Andrewe Furuseth, sea merchant, and an American labor leader.

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7. c. 1967 Photograph of Pete's Harbor - Photograph

   c. 1967 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. Black and white photograph shows an aerial view of Pete's Harbor when it was under construction. Photo is mounted behind glass in dark brown stained wooden frame. Photo was displayed in Pete's Harbor Restaurant.

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8. c. 1970 Photograph of Pete's Harbor - Photograph

   c. 1970 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. Black and white photograph shows an aerial view of Pete's Harbor when it was under construction. Photo is mounted behind glass in dark brown stained wooden frame. Photo was displayed in Pete's Harbor Restaurant. "78610 Maine" (handwritten in black ink on back right side of frame)

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9. California Gold Rush: Diary of Charles H. Harvey- February 12-November 12, 1852, 1983 - Ball, Edmund F.

   California Gold Rush: Diary of Charles H. Harvey- February 12-November 12, 1852 by Edmund F. Ball, 1983. This book is the "journey of Charles H. Harvey from Ohio to New York and around the Horn by clipper ship and on to the gold fields in 1852". [Foreward page]. Includes: illustrations, maps, foreword, preface, introductions, epilogue, and appendices.

   Record Type: Library

   
10. California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea - Marshall, Don B.

    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea by Don B. Marshall, 1978. This book is about stories and photographs of shipwrecks along the California coast from "Spanish St. Augustine in 1579 to modern times" [Front book jacket]. Includes: a preface; table of contents; appendices; bibliography; acknowledgement page; an index.

    Record Type: Library

    
11. Desk Chair, c. 1970 - Chair, Side

    Desk Chair, c. 1970. Light brown wooden side chair. The chair has a dowel stretcher base, except for the front stretched which is turned. The chair legs are turned with a couple of bands mid way up the leg just before the front stretcher. The chair has a stick chair back with cylindrical turned stiles; the spindles are flat on the front and back, yet have a tapered cylindrical base and top. The crest rail has ears, which extend out past the stil...

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12. Fathoming Our Past: Historical Contexts of the National Marine Sanctuaries

    Fathoming Our Past: Historical Contexts of the National Marine Sanctuaries, 2007. This book is "to help promote maritime heritage to reveal broader knowledge of historical and cultural resources" [Preface]. Includes: illustrations; foreward page; preface; introduction; bibliography.

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13. "Forbidden to Sail: The Steamship Portland, 1890-1898" by Deborah Marx, and "Lost and Found: The Search for the Portland" by Matthew Lawrence from Sea History 107, Spring/Summer 2004. - Magazine

    "Forbidden to Sail: The Steamship Portland, 1890-1898" by Deborah Marx, and "Lost and Found: The Search for the Portland" by Matthew Lawrence from Sea History 107, Spring/Summer 2004. These articles were used primarily as research for JoAnn Semones for her books. Two stapled paper articles from the Sea History 107 magazine.

    Record Type: Archive

    
14. Four Short Blasts: The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland - Bachelder, Peter Dow

    Four Short Blasts: The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland by Peter Dow Balchelder and Mason Philip Smith, 2003. This book tells "the story of the Great Gale of 1898 and the loss of the steamer Portland and its 192 passengers and crew in the Thanksgiving gale of 1898" [https://www.amazon.com/Four-Short-Blasts-Steamer-Portland/dp/0931675065- 10/9/2017]. Includes: a business card from photographer Mason Philip Smith and a postcard fro...

    Record Type: Library

    
15. Glory of the Seas - Mjelde, Michael Jay

    Glory of the Seas by Michael Jay Mjelde, 1970. This book is a "detailed and illustrated book about the wonderfully-named Glory of the Seas -- built in 1869, the exciting grain runs between Sydney and San Francisco, bucking dirty weather off Cape Horn, plying the Atlantic to England; the men who sailed her, owners, brokers, charterers" [https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Seas-American-Maritime-Library/dp/1889901180- 10/11/2017]. Includes a list of illus...

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16. Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail: The Story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company - Chandler, Robert J.

    Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail: The Story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company by Robert J. Chandler, and Stephen J. Potash, 2007. This book is about the story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and how the gold rush assured the fortunes of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Includes: a foreword; an introduction; images; illustrations; a section about the authors and an index.

    Record Type: Library

    
17. January 10, 1967 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City - Photograph

    January 10, 1967 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. Black and white photograph shows an aerial view of Pete's Harbor when it was under construction. Photo is mounted behind glass in dark brown stained wooden frame. Photo was displayed in Pete's Harbor Restaurant.

    Record Type: Object

    
18. January 1961 Aerial Photograph of Pete's Harbor - Photograph

    January 1961 Aerial Photograph of Pete's Harbor. Black and white photograph is an aerial view depicting the construction of Pete's Harbor as it looked in January 1961. Also visible are sloughs and streets and neighborhoods of Redwood City in the background. Photograph is mounted under glass inside a thin black metal frame with gold trim.

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19. J.B. Stetson: The Story of a Ship - McDonnell, Pierce

    J.B. Stetson: The Story of a Ship by Pierce McDonnell, 2016. The book is about the story of the J.B. Stetson, a West Coast Steamship, the adventures shared by "numerous owners and her wreck in 1934..." [back cover of the book]. Includes: an acknowledgement page, intro, several book chapters, mentions of JoAnn Semones on pg. 8 & 104, and signed by the author with a note

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20. JoAnn Semones' Book Signing Pens, c. 2007-2015 - Pen, Ballpoint

    JoAnn Semones' Book Signing Pens, c. 2007-2015. 2 ballpoint pens, bag, and box, used by JoAnn Semones at her book signings. Pens (A and B) are identical, matte black with gold metal details. The tips are capped in gold; about two thirds of the way down the pen is a ridged gold band; the last section behind the band has a gold clip with a black stripe running down it and a narrow gold cap on the end. This section also twists to extend and retract ...

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21. July 16, 1970 Photograph of Pete's Harbor - Photograph

    July 16, 1970 Photograph of Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. Black and white photograph shows an aerial view of Pete's Harbor when it was under construction. Photo is mounted behind plex in dark brown stained wooden frame. Photo was displayed in Pete's Harbor Restaurant.

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22. King & Queen of the River: The Legendary paddle-wheel steamboats Delta King and Delta Queen from Roaring Twenties to New Millennium - Garvey, Stan

    King & Queen of the River: The Legendary paddle-wheel steamboats Delta King and Delta Queen from Roaring Twenties to New Millennium by Stan Garvey, 2008. This book is the remarkable story of paddle-wheel steamers Delta King and Delta Queen, California's last and most beloved riverboats...from the Roaring Twenties to the 1990s." [ https://www.amazon.com/King-Queen-River-Paddle-Wheel-Steamboats/dp/0964251337- 10/9/2017] Includes: foreword; intro...

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23. Liberty Ship Cap, c. 2007-2015 - Cap, Baseball

    Liberty Ship Cap, c. 2007-2015. Black cotton baseball cap. On the front panel of the of the cap is a navy blue and silver embroidered illustration of, what is most likely, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. On the proper right side of the cap is a yellow and blue fighter jet enamel pin, a long white and black ship pin, a a silver metal coin in with an embossed image of D-Day, and a D-Day Normandie pin. On the proper left side of the cap is a white, blue, a...

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24. Liberty Ship Cap, c. 2007-2015 - Cap, Baseball

    Liberty Ship Cap, c. 2007-2015. Black cotton baseball cap. On the front panel of the of the cap is a navy blue and silver embroidered illustration of, what is most likely, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. There are seven pins pinned around the front of the cap. Above, on the proper right side of the illustration and lettering is a white, blue, and red enamel Thunderbirds pin. Below this pin is a silver metal coin in with an embossed image of D-Day. Above...

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25. Liberty Ship Jacket, c. 2007-2015 - Windbreaker

    Liberty Ship Jacket, c. 2007-2015. Maroon nylon and polyester windbreaker. Jacket features vent panels on the back and front just below the breast; the back vents are secured with Velcro. Lifting the vent panels exposes the white mesh lining on the inside of the jacket. The bottom of the jacket has a string to adjust the tightness. On the proper left side of the chest is a gray and black embroidered illustration of a liberty ship labeled as the ...

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