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From: Michele <>
Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Scottish Sea Captains in San Francisco
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:07:29 -0700
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Hi Diane -

You may have some luck at the website for The Ships List. Here is the link:

http://www.theshipslist.com/

They also have a mailing list. When I subscribed to it years ago, I
found it to be very informative and very helpful.

Michele


Diana Mungall wrote:
> I have just bought an album of cartes de visite and cabinet photos, mostly taken in Glasgow and the west of Scotland and in San Francisco. Seven of the cabinet portraits have been signed by sea captains and an eighth shows the small daughter of one of them. All the portraits were taken in San Francisco and in several cases their ships are named, for example, 'James Foreman "Airlie" of Dundee, Frisco 11/11/80', 'Captain Swan, Ship, City of Madrid' and 'Captain Haswell, Ship's Captain, Pride of Greenock'. Other, unnamed, cartes de visite show men in naval uniform, photographed variously in San Fransisco, Port Said and Scotland.
>
> I believe the photos were taken 1880-1900, and wondered if there was any way of identifying these men? Also, if anyone has a specilised interest in S.F. nineteenth century photographers, I would be happy to supply more details.
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