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Title
[The sloop Gjoa]
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
[1909]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p134d -- v2p159b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 134 bottom, Vol. II, page 159 bottom.
These photographs are contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Two views of the sloop Gjoa, lying off the Marin Headlands, in which Roald Amundsen became the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. Gjoa came to San Francisco in 1909, was given to the city, and was displayed at the western end of Golden Gate Park for many years. (based on: John Haskell Kemble, "San Francisco Bay.")
View 1 (v1p134d). -- View 2 (v2p159b).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photoprints ; 4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in., or smaller.
Identifier
(C)001380628CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-3885
Subject
Gjøa (Ship)
Vessels--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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