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Description
Paul Jorgen Gothesen was born in Kragero, Norway on November 17, 1886 and came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1909. He worked as deckhand on the Southern Pacific ferries from 1912 to 1920, when he was promoted to second officer and rose to the rank of first officer six years later. In 1929 Gothesen transferred to the new Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, Ltd., where he worked until the company went out of business in 1940. He subsequently became a captain of the Richmond-San Rafael Ferry, where he worked from 1949 to 1956. Gothesen passed away in Oakland on December 9, 1956. Documents relating to Paul Gothesen's life as a San Francisco Bay ferryman, including company memoranda and United States Department of Commerce certificates. Gothesen. Tom Vinson; Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library. California State Library, California History Room
Type
text
Extent
1 manuscript box ; 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 3 in.
Identifier
(C)001586259CSL01-Aleph (OCoLC)964080489
Language
English
Subject
Gothesen, Paul Jorgen Richmond-San Rafael Ferries Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries Southern Pacific Railroad Company Certificates Documents Ferries--California--San Francisco Bay Area
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