(by Gina Bardi, Reference Librarian)
Stephen Canright, our Park Historian, just showed me something
wonderful in our collection, the San Francisco Yacht Club scrapbooks.
These scrapbooks were compiled by members and contain clippings,
illustrations, cartoons. photos and ephemera. They are not limited to
San Francisco, although they are San Francisco centric. The library has
volumes 1880-1882, 1883-1895, 1922-1923 and 1936 in our Rare Book
Collection. With America’s Cup 34 fever building, these are sure to be
of great value researchers looking for primary source material. We’re
hoping to eventually get these digitized and up on our website so that
more people may enjoy them. I think the illustrations and drawings will
be of particular interest. Oh you don’t believe me? Want a little
proof? OK, then, just take a look at some of these:
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| Ladies in the rigging |
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| First day races |
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| Becalmed |
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| "Two Nations" |
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| Aggie |
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| J.C. Cousins |
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| One-handed |
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| Plans for the Wasp |
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Yeah, I know, right? Don’t even doubt me again…unless we are playing
poker. Come into the library to see these for yourself. They are almost
as much fun as sailing on a yacht.
Image sources: Ladies in Rigs,
First Days Race for the Cup, Becalmed and Two Nations are from the
1883-1895 volume. The rest are from the 1880-1882 volume.
