Riversdale British Ship Figurehead

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Riversdale British Ship Figurehead

Entry/Object ID

P-02761

Description

On October 9, 1901 the British main-skys'l yarder, one of Leyland Brothers' fleet, arrived at San Diego with a full cargo of cement, 145 days out from London. Now all that is left of her is this striking figurehead preserved in the yard of the Vancouver Island Tug & Barge Co.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Mills, James R.

Date made

n.d.

Place

City

Victoria, BC

Island

Vancouver Island, BC

State/Province

British Columbia, Washington, Alaska

Country

Canada, USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

Salish Sea, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Region

Washington Coast

Strait

Inside Passage

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Print, Photographic, Sen. James Mills, XI-A Figureheads, Nameboards and Other Decorations