Barque Ship San Francisco Circa 1850s

By Lloyd Kahn on August 14, 2018

Looks like it’s behind Seal Rocks.

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5 Responses to Barque Ship San Francisco Circa 1850s

  2. Clipper ships were built to smuggle opium into China
    and with the proceeds, buy tea to sell in Boston.
    Ujifusa explains to Lapham.

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  4. In fact, the ship in our picture is not a clipper, it is a bark.
    Clippers and barks all had 3 masts.
    But on a clipper all 3 masts were square rigged.
    On a bark, the mizzen (that little mast in back) was rigged fore and aft,
    as in your picture.

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  5. In the late 50s my Dad was the manager of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. In the barber shop there was a 360 panorama taken from the site of the Mark in the 1850s, including ships in the harbors, I loved this panorama. I have often wondered if it is still there? Only been back once in the 90s, since I left in 73, may not make it again and still wonder about that panorama.

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