Robert Dollar Company photographs, 1858-1960

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Title

Robert Dollar Company photographs, 1858-1960

Resource Link

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt158023sp

Abstract

The collection consists of images of the Dollar family, the Dollar lumber empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the many activities of the Dollar Steamship Lines across the globe throughout the first half of this century. Nearly all of the items are photographic prints, with small number of negatives at the beginning of the arrangement. Well over half of the items are from one of six different photo albums. As noted in the arrangement notes, the five series in the Dollar collection are: Vessels and Cargoes, People, The Lumber Trade, Office Views, and Other Dollar-Related Facilities, and Miscellanea.

Extent

1365 items.

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.).

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6651389

Related Entities

There are 177 Entities related to this resource.

Independence (freighter).

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Hsin-ho (steamship).

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Coalinga (tugboat).

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President Garfield (passenger vessel).

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Suveric (freighter).

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John C. Howard (freighter).

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Wheatland Montana (freighter).

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Gertrude Mearsk (freighter).

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Peasley, R. E. (Matt), Capt..

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Sequoia (steam schooner).

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W. G. Hall (freighter).

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Lake Fostoria (freighter).

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Ardmore (freighter).

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Mauna Loa (freighter).

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galleon, unid

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Robert Dollar Co.

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History Agency History Organized in 1900, Dollar spent its first two decades in the transpacific trade as "essentially a tramp operator, whose main cargoes were bulk, low-value merchandise not suitable for the larger and faster passenger-cargo liners of the Pacific Mail Steamship Lines." [1] Both APL and Dollar traced their corporate origins to the famous Pacific Mail Steamship Company (PMSS) formed in 1848. Pacific Mail dominated...

Van Heutsz (passenger vessel).

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Stuart Dollar (motor launch).

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Dollar, R. Stanley Jr..

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President Adams (passener vessel).

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Alice Dollar (steam launch).

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Dollar (steam launch).

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Bessie Dollar (freighter).

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Paraiso (freighter).

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Bratsberg (freighter).

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Hulbert (destroyer: usn).

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John S. Kimball (passenger vessel).

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Cassie (tugboat).

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tugboat, unid.

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Rising Star (paddle steamer).

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Dollar, J. Harold.

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Mae Dollar (bark, 4m).

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Superior (tugboat).

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Sauerland (freighter).

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Conte Verde (passenger vessel).

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Killion, George.

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Admiral Mayo (barkentine, 4m).

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Vigilant (Schooner)

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Tse, Madame.

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Congress (passenger vessel).

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gunboat, unid: usn

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Reg. No. 586 (lighter).

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Las Vegas (freighter).

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Harold Dollar (steam schooner).

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President Harrison (passenger vessel).

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Mandarin (steamship).

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Stanley Dollar (freighter).

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Yardley, George W., Capt..

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gunboat, unid: royal navy

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Clermont (paddle steamer).

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Bessemer City (freighter).

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Callao (passenger vessel).

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Quayle, William H..

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H. F. Alexander (passenger vessel).

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Poznan (freighter).

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Newsboy (steam schooner).

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Dollarton (tugboat).

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Santa Paula (passenger vessel).

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Forbes, Cameron

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Arab (freighter).

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Melville Dollar (freighter).

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Smith Thompson (destroyer: usn).

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Diana Dollar (freighter).

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A. V. Lee (freighter).

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Talamba (passenger vessel).

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M. S. Dollar (freighter).

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Grace Dollar (freighter).

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Dollar, Robert, 1844-1932

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Biography The founder of a vast lumber and shipping empire, Robert Dollar was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1844. He emigrated to Canada with his father in 1858 and started work as a cook's boy in a lumber camp. By 1866 he was foreman of a camp and, in 1871, bought his first piece of timber land. He continually enlarged his scope of operations, moving first to Michigan, and, in 1888, to California where he opened an office in San Francisco and...

President Madison (passenger vessel).

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Dollar Hulk No. 1 (barge).

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Robert Dollar Ii (riverboat).

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Agnes Dollar (freighter).

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San Jacinto (steam schooner).

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Dollar Steamship Lines

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The American President Lines was formed in 1938 after the U.S. Maritime Commission purchased the Dollar Steamship Company. From the description of Logbooks of the Dollar Steamship Lines and American President Lines, 1930-1940. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 49292417 ...

President Hoover (passenger vessel).

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President Adams (passenger vessel).

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Cabrillo (passenger vessel).

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Mayon (passenger vessel)

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Garcia, Carlos

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President Mckinley (passenger vessel).

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President Van Buren (passenger vessel).

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Ankong (riverboat).

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Harold Dollar (freighter).

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West Hepburn (freighter).

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Asamamaru (passenger vessel).

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Robert Dollar (steam schooner).

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Joseph Dollar (bark, 4m).

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City Of Rio De Janeiro (passenger vessel).

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Harvesterude (bark, 3m).

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Rival (steam schooner).

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Dickson, Grace (Dollar).

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Canadian Runner (freighter).

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Munalbro (collier).

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Herman Sauber (freighter).

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Lake Orange (freighter).

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Nehalem (steam schooner).

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President Cleveland (passenger vessel).

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Alice Dollar (riverboat).

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Columbus (passenger vessel).

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Empress Of Asia (passenger vessel).

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Elizabeth (freighter).

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Stuart Dollar (freighter).

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President Taft (passenger vessel).

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Dollar Vi (barge).

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Three Brothers (ship, 3m).

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A. B. Dollar (steam launch).

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Rio Bonita (power yacht: rn).

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Preble (destroyer: usn).

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Lake Floravista (freighter).

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Dollar, R. Stanley.

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Acme (steam schooner).

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President Hayes (passenger vessel).

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City Of Para (passenger vessel).

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Ruth Alexander (passenger vessel).

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D. G. Scofield (freighter).

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Walkure (bark, 4m).

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Grace Dollar (steam schooner).

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May (schoooner).

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Dollar, May.

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Dollar 1 (lumber barge).

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President Coolidge (passenger vessel).

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steam launch, unid.

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Reg. No. 583 (lighter).

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Rolph, James, 1869-1934

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Rolph served as mayor of San Francisco (1912-1930) and governor of Calif. (1931-1934). From the description of James Rolph, Jr. papers, 1904-1934, bulk 1911-1930. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122288066 Rolph served as mayor of San Francisco (1911-1930) and governor of Calif. (1931-1934). From the description of James Rolph, Jr. photograph album [graphic]. [ca. 1913-1916] (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 213468344 ...