Name/Title
Postcard, PictureEntry/Object ID
1984.001.0061Description
B/W photograph of a steamship on the water. The envelope that this photo was in said "S.S. Govenor - (1916 vacation). If this is the SS Govenor in 1916 then it sank just 7 years later.
The S.S. Governor
SS Governor was a 417 foot long passenger liner. In 1921 the Governor was traveling inbound to Seattle from San Francisco with 240 passengers and crew members, when she collided with the freighter S. S. West Hartland and sank within 30 minutes in 240 feet of water, one mile off Point Wilson, with a loss of eight lives.
There are threee copies of this photo.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection