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Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region

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This document contains a collection of detailed descriptions for six maritime-related models/artifacts from a museum or archive collection. Each entry includes a unique identifier (SAFR number), detailed physical description, materials used, dimensions, condition notes, and expected preservation needs. The models include:

  1. "Normandie" (1935 French Line Liner) - A 1/600 scale wooden model with black hull and white superstructure, requiring cleaning and minor repair. 2. APL Container Ship - A waterline model with a black hull and loaded containers, needing lead exfoliation treatment and minor repairs. 3. "Sacramento" (1877 Sidewheel Ferry) - A wooden model with electric motor capabilities, slightly dusty with detached lifeboat lines. 4. "California" (1870 USN Steam Frigate) - A wooden ship model with extensive metal fitting damage. 5. Kayak - A seal skin and wood model with broken skin and requiring preservation stabilization. 6. "Henry B. Hyde" - A three-masted full-rigged ship model with some rigging damage needing repair. Each model represents a unique maritime vessel and requires specific conservation efforts to maintain its historical integrity.

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APPENDIX A

SAFR 8557 MODEL: "NORMANDIE" 1935 FRENCH LINE LINER

WOODEN MODEL OF LINER "NORMANDIE." 1/600 SCALE. NO CASE OR STAND BLACK HULL (RED

AT WL), WHITE SUPERSTRUCTURE. 3 LIFEBOATS OFF, STORED IN BAG. TAG ON BOTTOM W/

MAKER'S NAME AND VESSEL SPECS.

L 52, W 6.4, H 9.5 CM

WOOD --PLASTIC –METAL

Condition notes: Dusty overall. Four lifeboats not on davits (in separate container). Missing small ventilator (?)

portside forward of aft smoke stack. Possibly some rigging missing between stern mast and stern.

Expected needs: Cleaning, some repair, create basic stand

SAFR 18505 APL CONTAINER SHIP

Waterline model of modern container ship, on wood base with plexi case: black hull, white superstructure aft with black funnel bearing APL spread-eagle logo, slightly raised focsle, gray decks. Main deck loaded with containers. Vessel not indentified, uncertain whether or not built.

Approx. dimensions (CASE, OA) L 117.5, W 21.5, H 28 CM

WOOD --PLEXIGLAS –PLASTIC

Condition notes: Lead exfoliation on interior metal fittings. Some missing rigging.

Expected needs: Lead exfoliation treatment/repair, minor repair, cleaning

SAFR 8531 MODEL: "SACRAMENTO" 1877 SIDEWHEEL S.P. FERRY

WOODEN MODEL OF SIDEWHEEL WALKING BEAM FERRYBOAT "SACRAMENTO," IN WOOD AND

PLEXI CASE W/ BUTTONS AT END FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR & LIGHTS. BLACK HULL (COPPER BELOW WL), WHITE UPPER WORKS, GRAY BOAT DECK. BLACK STACK W/ GRAY COTTON 'SMOKE.' MODEL

PEOPLE OUTDOORS & INSIDE.

L 105, W 27.5, H 28.5 CM

WOOD --METAL --PLEXIGLAS

Condition notes: slightly dusty overall. Lines to two lifeboats have become detached. Electrical system non-functional (operates an interior light).

Expected needs: cleaning, minor repair. Possible to make the interior light operable?

SAFR 4155 MODEL: "CALIFORNIA" 1870 USN STEAM FRIGATE

MODEL OF 3M SHIP MAN-O-WAR "CALIFORNIA" ("U.S. FLAGSHIP" ON CASE) IN WOOD AND GLASS

CASE. BLACK HULL, BROWN BELOW WL; ROW OF GUNPORTS; NO SAILS. LEAD ANCHORS

EXFOLIATING.

OA L 71, H 57, W 28 CM

WOOD --CORD --GLASS –METAL

Condition notes: Older model. Extensive damage to anchor and other metal fittings.

Expected needs: bad metal exfoliation. Minor rigging repair

SAFR 25642 4 masted barkentine ECHO

Four-masted barkentine model of the ECHO is mounted on keel and bilge blocks as if the model was in a dry dock. Vessel is constructed of wood using plank on frame, replicating the construction of a full-sized barkentine. There are three hatches on the main deck with one being open to allow visual access to the interior. Deck hardware is located appropriately on the fore, main, and poop decks. Masts surrounded by fife rails replete with flaked and hung lines. The after cabin and deck have fire buckets, ladders, life ring, and a partially opened door as well as sawhorses and a toolbox with tools, as if workmen had just left and would be back soon. Fore and aft cabins painted white.

Overall (base and model):L 96.5, W 30.8, H 64.1 CM; Model L 94.8, W 25.0, H 61.4 CM; Base L 93, W ? , H 2.7

CM

wood, metal, line

Condition notes: Most of the rigging is intact with a few broken lines. Some of the ratline treads are missing or broken.

Expected needs: cleaning, some broken lines, other minor repair

SAFR 24079 MODEL: CALIFORNIA (2M SCHOONER PILOT BOAT, 1924)

Model of the 2-masted schooner California, which served as a Pilot Boat on and right outside San Francisco Bay. The model is mounted on a marine railway as though in dry dock. This marine railway is attached to a length of board that has been finished with beveled edges and sits on top of the case base that houses the model. The hull is painted red to the waterline and then white above that point. The rigging and fittings are detailed and intact. There is a pilot house near the stern with the word "PILOT" painted in large block letters on both the port and starboard sides of the house. Three small boats are lashed on the deck at midships (one on the port side, one on the starboard side, and one on the centerline). The ship's name, "CALIFORNIA," is painted on the port and starboard sides near both the bow and the stern. The case is Plexiglas with a wooden base that is slightly larger than the board the model is mounted on. A small square plaque with a color image of the vessel and identifying information is located on the mount board near the model's bow on its port side.

A second plaque, rectangular in shape and made of brass, is attached to the mount board at the stern of the model. This one gives information about the vessel, model maker, and the year the model was built.

Case: L 80, W 24.5, H 62.2 CM; Model (estimated): L 62, W 16, H 48 CM

WOOD --LINE --PAINT --METAL –PLEXIGLAS

Condition notes: White substance on hull, rubrails, cabins

Expected needs: Cleaning, diagnosis, minor repair

SAFR 25181 MODEL, KAYAK

(a) Model is constructed out of seal skin stretched over a wooden frame with lashing for fastenings. The wooden framing consists of long, narrow stringers attached to curved cross-sectional frames. There are spaces between the stringers. There is a circular cockpit opening in the center of the boat. The bow rises up to form a vertical surface that has a large circular opening in it.

The stern is sharper and lower in shape.

(b) One two-bladed paddle is made of wood. The shaft is rounded then flattens into the paddle blades.

(c) One wooden harpoon shaft.

(d) One wooden shaft with a curved end attached to a bag of quills and lines.?

(e) One wooden shaft with a carved pointed end.

(f) Three quills Two unidentified struts or frames or stringers.

(a) L 71.8, W 15.4, H 9.9 CM; (b) L 35, W 1.9, H 0.8 CM; (c) L 24.5 CM; (d) L 21, D 0.9 CM; (e) L, DIA CM; (f) 6.6 CM; (g) L 11, H 1.5, T 0.6 CM

WOOD --SEALSKIN

Condition notes: The are broken skin on either side of the centerline near the bow as well as a tear near the front of the cockpit.

Expected needs: Cleaning and stabilization for preservation.

SAFR 25641 Model, Henry B. Hyde

Three-masted full-rigged ship model of the HENRY B. HYDE is mounted on a rectangular board attached by two square shaped pegs fastened to the ship’s keel. Four carved wooden dolphins with their tails flipped up support the ship on its port and starboard sides at about the turn of the bilge and directly in line with the two keel posts. There is a brass plaque with the ship’s name attached to the mount board in the front right-hand corner. The hull is constructed of wooden planks and the half below the waterline is shielded with copper plating. The ship’s deck is also planked and covered with the appropriate deck hardware (capstan, catheads, anchors, cleats, bollards, etc.). There is a fore and an aft cabin. Atop the aft cabin are two small boats turned upside down and lashed in place. Two more small boats are stored in a similar manner atop a bracket system just aft of midship. All three masts are accurately rigged and detailed with belaying pins, lines, deadeyes, blocks, etc.

L (overall) 113.2, (model) 108.4, (base) 96.7, W (model) 30.8, (base) 21.5, H (overall) 70, (model) 67.8, (base)

2.2 CM

wood, metal, plastic(?)

Condition notes: Some of the rigging on the fore, main, and mizzen mast’s royal yard and sail are broken and possibly some rigging on the upper topgallant sail on one or more of the masts.

Expected needs: repair rigging, cleaning

SAFR 5908 DIORAMA: SAILING SHIP DECK BY DWIGHT FRANKLIN

RECTANGULAR WOOD/MASONITE BOX W/WINDOW (NO GLASS) CONTAINS PORT SIDE VIEW OF SHIP'S

DECK W/ STANDING RIGGING & QUARTERDECK LADDER. (LOOSE SAIL IN PLASTIC BAG). BLUE

CARDBOARD 'SKY' SLIGHTLY TORN. VIEW SHOWN IN FORCED PERSPECTIVE.

H 46.0, W 70.5, D 22.0

WOOD --PAINT --PAPER

Condition notes: Dirty, frame unstable, loose parts

Needs: Cleaning, some repair.

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