Description:

Offered here are two original color photographs of the old San Francisco Pilot Schooner California. One photograph is 52 years old and the second photograph is 40 years old. These nice and interesting old original color photographs were found recently in a box of old photos at a local sale in northern California. [Please view my other auctions to see two original old black & white photographs of the California that came from the same box.]

The colors of the enlargement are wonderful and unlike the snapshot do not appear to have faded or changed in anyway over the years. The surface on both the front and the back of the enlargement is glossy.

The back of the photo is back stamped with a stamp from the Eastman Kodak Company that is dated Feb 26, ’57 and reads: This is a KOKACHROME ENLARGEMENT made by EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY T.M. Regrs. U.S. Pat. Office Below this is the date followed by the number 6 that is larger then the date.

In the top margin of the snapshot and upside down to the print is the date MAY 69. On the back the snapshot is stamped on one edge with the number: G 295. It was printed on Kodak Paper and the colors have typically faded over the years like many snapshots from the same era.

If my research is correct the California was one of three pilot boasts serving in the San Francisco area. The other two were the Gracie S. and the Adventuress. The Adventuress was used as a shuttle to take pilots in and out to station. The Adventuress also carried supplies out to the other two ships that were station ships in the San Francisco Bar area of the Pacific to the west of the Golden Gate.

The California and the Gracie S. were both station pilot ships that spent five day on station and five days in port. These two Pilot Schooners when on station were always under sale and they only used their motors for going out and into the San Francisco Bay. This was being done apparently even in the 1930’s. The Adventuress serviced as a pilot boat from 1914 to 1952. I could not find the years the California served or its present whereabouts?

Size:

The large photograph is 5 & 1/4” high by 7 & ¼” wide.

The smaller color snapshot is 3 & 1/2” high by 3 & ½” wide.

Condition:

Of The Snapshot:

As noted above the snapshot has faded over the years and like many snapshots from the same era this is typical. On the back there are some thing brown lines present that indicate that the snapshot had once been in a low-tack photo album.

The Color Enlargement:

Also as noted above the colors in the enlargement are wonderful and unlike the snapshot do not appear to have faded or changed in anyway over the years. The enlargement is not damaged in any way and is in very good condition.

I have made every effort to show the photographs as they actually appear. Please note that depending on the settings of the viewer’s monitor/computer the illustrations with this auction may look darker or lighter then what they actually are.

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Thanks for taking a look at this pair of interesting original color photographs of the old Pilot Schooner California that would make a nice addition to any collection or display.

This is a No Reserve Auction and “the winning bidder gets to take it home”.

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$4.00 Shipping and Handling First Class Mail. I ship FOB Point of Origin and have done so on eBay for over 10 years. As a courtesy to the buyer of this item I will pay the cost of insurance up to a value of $50.00.

Combined shipping available with the other two California photos. However the packed size of 8 by 10 photo in the other auction will preclude the combined shipping from going first class mail. Thus combined shipping will be based on priority mail rates.

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