Hal Jennings photograph collection, 1934-1956.

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Hal Jennings photograph collection, 1934-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697536097

Black-and-white photographic prints depicting the conversion of the Mariposa, the hulks Sierra, Sonoma, and Ventura, and an artist's sketch of an Oceanic Steamship Company's liner.

7 items.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7999392

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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Mariposa (Ship)

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Oceanic Steamship Company

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Historical or Biographical Note Historical Note: Equator crossing rituals have been performed in the Western world for over 400 years. The ceremony is performed aboard the vessel where the landlubber (one learning to sail) is subjected to a ritual death and rebirth in order to gain a new status of Seafarer (seaman or mariner). Landlubbers must prove themselves capable of standing the terrors, stresses and strains of maritime life, and prove t...