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  1. 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

    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea
  2. Documents related to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1896-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: letter and email correspondence, photographic forms, postcards, laminated photos, film strips, originals and photocopies of images. Originals of copied items 2017.008.014.016-2017.008.014.019, 2017.008.014.055, and 2017.008.014.83 are locat...

    Record Type: Archive

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers
  3. Documents related to shipwreck research near Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1913-2014 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting shipwreck research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: email correspondence, photos, notes, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, poetry, restrictive information, text excerpts, and other information regarding various shipwrecks of ships Point Arena, Pilgrim, Western Spirit, Ohio No...

    Record Type: Archive

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers
  4. Documents related to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse exhibit, 2003-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Exhibit on Saturday, November 17, 2007. Items in collection include: newspaper clippings, magazine articles including one written by JoAnn Semones with photos taken by Julie Barrow, photos, image permission forms, exhibit cd, images of banners and exhibit, and a tape of fog sounds in relation to the exhibit on Pigeon Point Lighthouse. The series for th...

    Record Type: Archive

  5. Documents related to the publicity of her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers, 2007-2016 - Archive

    These documents were compiled and used for the purposes of publicity for JoAnn Semones' book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Shipwrecks. Items in collection include images of the front and back cover of her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Shipwrecks, clippings, journal articles, an article on rum runners at Pigeon Point Lighthouse in the La Peninsula, vol. xI, no.2 (2017.008.009.1.38B), book reviews, flyers including one from SMCHA (2017.008.009.1.5...

    Record Type: Archive

  6. Hand-carved Deadeye Recovered from a Local Shipwreck - Deadeye

    Solid wood hand-carved deadeye recovered from a local shipwreck, used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships, is cylindrical in shape with three holes extending all the way through the bottom and sides from flat end to flat end. The outer edge is indented or notched everywhere expect beneath the bottom hole. The top edges of all the holes on both sides (with exception of one that is on one side) is worn where the ropes h...

    Record Type: Object

    Hand-carved Deadeye Recovered from a Local Shipwreck

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