Jack Ehrhorn Collection of Stone Boat Yard Photographs, Circa 1885-2005
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8p84b6t No online items A guide to the Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, circa 1885-2005 Processed by: Amy Croft. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 Phone: 415-561-7030 Fax: 415-556-3540 [email protected] URL: http://www.nps.gov/safr 2013 A guide to the Jack Ehrhorn P05-081 (SAFR 23147) 1 collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, circa 1885-2005 A Guide to the Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs P05-081 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service 2013, National Park Service Title: Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs Date: circa 1885-2005 Date (bulk): 1920-1975 Collection No. (Catalog No.): P05-081 (SAFR 23147) Collector: Ehrhorn, Jack Physical Description: 15.30 linear ft. Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 Abstract: The Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, circa 1885-2005, bulk 1920-1975, (SAFR 23147, P05-081) is comprised mainly of photographs of yachts under construction at the Stone Boat Yard and underway in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1920s-1970s. The collection has been processed to the item level and is open for use. Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department Language(s): In English. Access This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted. Publication and Use Rights Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. Processing Note The collection was received in no discernible order, but many of the photographs were identified by vessel name. The photographs have been physically arranged by the boat yard they were constructed in, and then in alphabetical order by vessel name within each boat yard. Archives staff received some photographs in frames. All photographs have been removed from the frames except for one (item 0901 in box 2). Most of the frames have been discarded due to low historical value, poor condition, and space constraints; however two frames have been retained and transferred to the Museum Object Collection as representative samples. There are four photograph albums in this collection, and two of them were received disbound. They have been labeled as photograph album number 1 and as photograph album number 2. It is unclear what their original order was, so the pages have been placed in chronological order because it was likely compiled over time, as the vessels were built. The album pages are physically housed together, keeping the album as physically intact as possible. There is one photograph on each page, and each photograph has been assigned an item number. Each photograph has been described in its appropriate series (by vessel name) for ease of access. It has been noted in each physical description that the photograph and page is part of an album. Photograph album number 1 contains items 0011-0051, and is housed in box 4. Photograph album number 2 contains items 0052-0097, and is housed in box 6. Photograph album number 3 was received intact and contains 50 black-and-white photographs. The album has been left intact and the prints have been numbered as items 0606-0655. It is housed in box 10. Photograph album number 4 was received intact and contains 5 color photographs. The album has been left intact and the prints have been numbered as items 0830-0834. It is housed in box 10. Separated Material: Three frames transferred to the Museum Objects collection. Two publications were deaccessioned and transferred to the Library. A guide to the Jack Ehrhorn P05-081 (SAFR 23147) 2 collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, circa 1885-2005 Description Notes: Each photographic image has been assigned an item number. There are 933 unique photographic images in this collection; this number does not refer to the number of individual items in the collection. In some cases, there are multiple versions of a photographic image and this has been described in the physical description field. For example, item 0117 contains one photograph of "Lady Betty (built 1915; sloop: yacht: 6 meter, U.S. No. 1) underway, starboard broadside view", and there are 3 versions of this photograph (3 black-and-white photographic prints: 2 that are 5 x 7 in. and one that is 8.13 x 9.88 in.). With accession SAFR-01896, we received many electronic lists describing Stone built vessels, each with varying levels of information. The processing archivist consolidated these lists into one master excel spreadsheet that contains all the information about each vessel; this is included as an appendix in this finding aid because this collection does not contain photographs of every vessel ever built at one of the Stone boat yards. This comprehensive list provides information about all the Stone built vessels. Jack Ehrhorn numbered many of the framed photographs that he donated and there is an electronic list of these numbered photographs with the vessel names. The electronic file name of this list is: "BOATYARD PICTURES DESCRIPTION.doc". For each photograph that was in a frame, the frame number is referred to as "Ehrhorn number" and this information is located in the physical description field in the finding aid. Some of the photographs in this collection have small white stickers with numbers on them, affixed to the upper left hand corner of the prints. These stickers/numbers have been described in the physical description field for each applicable item. In HDC 1611, many of the plans in the collection have small stickers or pieces of white tape affixed to the center bottom edge, with applied alpha-numeric notations. In some cases these numbers were assigned in batches or runs, and these batch numbers help identify vessels and jobs. These notations are referred to as 'applied numbers' and as 'item numbers' throughout the finding aid for HDC 1611. The sticker numbers in this collection (P05-081) and in HDC 1611 do not seem to be the same for each vessel. Information about the sticker numbers can be found in the physical description field, as well as in the appendix in this finding aid. There are other Stone Boat Yard photograph collections here at SAFR. Two of these collections contain copy negatives of photographs that the Stone Boat Yard loaned us for copying in the 1980s and 1990s. We now have the original photographs in this collection (P05-081) that we previously copied. We made references to these copy negatives in the "associated material" field in all appropriate item level records, to show which photographic prints have corresponding copy negatives in our other collections. The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide. Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff. Preferred Citation [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P05-081 (SAFR 23147), Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Acquisition Information SAFR-01896 In December 2005, the Jack Ehrhorn Estate donated the following items to the SFMNHP: 15 in. of documents, loose photographs, and photo album pages; 36 framed photographs, to be unframed and frames discarded; 5 large flat boxes with marine architectural drawings. Also received, to be used for reference, is one binder with printout of database index to vessels and photographs. An electronic version was also received. The documents and architectural plans were arranged and described as the Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard naval architectural drawings (HDC 1611, SAFR 22826). The photographs have been described here, in P05-081, SAFR 23147. Historical or Biographical Note Stone Boat Yard History: The Stone Boat Yard was a San Francisco Bay Area boat building company that was located in Alameda, California, from 1971-2004. The business had three previous names, and has been in four other locations in the San Francisco Bay Area since its establishment in San Francisco by W.I. Stone in 1853. It was run by three generations of Stones from 1853 until 1970 (W.I. Stone, W.F. Stone, and Lester Stone). It was one of the oldest and longest running businesses on the Pacific Coast and its boats and designs were very influential in Pacific Coast maritime history. Each of these boat yards was often referred to as "the Stone Boat Yard," "Stone Yard," or "Stone's Yard," (shortening their official name) even though only the last iteration of the business (from 1971-2004) was officially called the Stone Boat Yard. A guide to the Jack Ehrhorn P05-081 (SAFR 23147) 3 collection of Stone Boat Yard photographs, circa 1885-2005 In 1853, William Isaac Stone (1883-1914) emigrated from Dartmouth, England, and established a boat yard in the Hunter's Point Area of San Francisco. The W.I. Stone Boat Yard primarily built yachts (sloops, schooners, and yawls) and also a few fishing boats, row boats and other vessels. His vessels were not known for speed, but had a reputation as being well-built. W.I. Stone "built the famous steam fishing tugboat U.S.