A pair of photographs of wooden-hulled ships, probably barkentines, under construction at Rolph's Shipyard in Fairhaven, on the Samoa penninsula across Humboldt Bay from Eureka, California. The shipyard at Fairhaven was founded by Hans-Ditlev Bendixsen, a Danish shipbuilder, in 1869. He built about a hundred large vessels there until 1910.....
Price: $150
An original sepia-tone moutned photograph of the Bayside Lumber Co. mill, once located between Eureka and Arcata on California's far northwest coast. A handwritten caption penciled on the back of the mount reads, "Track to the log dump and part of the log pond." The company operated a steam railroad.....
Price: $100
![Bendixen's Ship-yard, Eureka, Humboldt Co., California [Launch of the Defender]. A. W. Ericson](/pictures/thumb/2149.jpg?v=1633729210)
Image of three ships, the Defender (launched late August 1896; see Wallace Martin, Sail and Steam, page 264) completed or nearly so, with two other ships under construction. 9.5 by 7.5 inches on a 14 by 11 inch mount. Ornate printed title using left-leaning script font. Plain back. Image faded, short.....
Price: $200
Eleanor, a teacher, writes to Harry, a friend or possibly a relative. She writes about planned trips to San Francisco for shopping and about her parents. Then she starts complaining about Eureka: "Eureka is on the fritz. The lumber industry is nil & Humboldt is dead—Eureka looks deserted & forlorn.....
Price: $50
