Henry Raphael papers, 1910.

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Henry Raphael papers, 1910.

Four letters concerning Henry Raphael's employment with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (later the U.S.G.S.); one 8 x 10 inch photographic print of Henry Raphael, age 21, aboard steamship USS Patterson (built 1882) and 1 3.5 x 5 inch photocopy of a photograph of Henry Raphael the day before joining the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

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Raphael, Henry.

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Henry Raphael was born in San Francisco on 14 November, 1889, the same year that his family arrived in the city. In 1910 he worked as a deck officer aboard the US Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel USS Patterson, en route from Seattle to Alaska. He later earned a PhD in history at UC Berkeley, and taught mathematics, chemistry and astronomy at Galileo High School, San Francisco. From the description of Henry Raphael papers, 1910. (San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Library...

Patterson (Steamship)

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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Drawn by R.D. Cutts. From the description of Pulgas base : map, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398096 Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, me...