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San Juan Archipelago, Washington State, United States
A society formed in 2009 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, celebrating, and disseminating the maritime history of the San Juan Islands and northern Puget Sound area. Check this log for tales from out-of-print publications as well as from members and friends. There are circa 750, often long entries, on a broad range of maritime topics; there are search aids at the bottom of the log. Please ask for permission to use any photo posted on this site. Thank you.

25 December 2021

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2021


Click to enlarge and maybe you can
see what has been served for Christmas Dinner. 
Photograph dated 1911 from 63 Co. C.A.C. 
Port Townsend, WA.

And from the good ship, S.S. Snohomish 
decked out with ca. six evergreen trees and 
one officer at the pilothouse, greetings to you.
The photographer of this gelatin-silver print
inscribed the negative with date of 1916.
Both these originals are from the archives of 
the Saltwater People Historical Society.©


          


"May Happiness Come Sailing Home to You
from the Puget Sound Navy Yard."
Undated. Click to enlarge.



And from S.S. Commander 
on the Washington Route
Christmas Day 1932 and
not least, 
the crew of Puget Sound Pilots.
These greetings from the archives 
of the Saltwater People Historical Society©



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