Ships and Shipping

The materials include mostly images, both in digital (CD-ROM) and print form related to Powers' research for both "Treasure Ship" and "Taking the Sea." Also included is audio from interviews with Powers about his books and some conducted by Powers with other individuals.

The materials include mostly images, both in digital (CD-ROM) and print form related to Powers' research for both "Treasure Ship" and "Taking the Sea." Also included is audio from interviews with Powers about his books and some conducted by Powers with other individuals.

These materials include four photos from the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. The first three photos are three different ships, the Victoria, the Eureka, and the Utopia. The fourth photo is of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and a sailor. Also included are the order and invoice for the photos. The photos are undated.

The excerpt is a marked up and printed excerpt from a published account of a voyage from New York to Alaska in 1900. "New York to Alaska: Voyage of Steamer 'Dolphin,' May to July, 1900, a day to day personal narrative by James M. Winter, M. E. (Chief Engineer).

Of the three publications, two are issues of Numismatist magazine, the official publication of the American Numismatic Association. The first issue is from January 2005, and the second is from January 2007. The third publication is a book covering a coin collection: The Dr. Jerry Buss Collection of United States Coins (January 28, 29, 30, 1985).

The excerpt is from Gordon Newell and Joe Williamson's 1959 book entitled Pacific Coastal Liners.

The hardback book published by Bonanza Books (New York) in 1969 called Pacific Square-Riggers: Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear by Jim Gibbs.

A series of book excerpts or chapters related to sternwheelers and sidewheelers, types of steam-driven boats, in the Pacific Northwest.

Two printed books Powers likely used in his research. The first title is "Sailors, Whalers & Steamers: Ships That Opened the West," by Edith Thacher Hurd. The second is "The Doghole Schooners," by Walter A. Jackson.

A book used by Powers in his research entitled "Peril at Sea: A Photographic Study of Shipwrecks in the Pacific," by "Shipwreck Jim" Gibbs.