Passengers arriving at the Port of San Francisco: 1800s

Whirlwind

Arrive San Francisco

March 11, 1853
Clipper Whirlwind
Captain Burgess
From Boston, Massachusetts

Passage

During 1852, 95 clippers ships along with ten clipper barques sailed from northeastern ports around the Horn for San Francisco. Seventeen of them made the passage in less than 110 days and the race became known as "The Deep Sea Derby."

This clipper took part in the Derby.

Clipper in Stormy Weather Helmut Glassl

118 days from Boston, Massachusetts.

Was off Cape Horn for 18 days with heavy gales. Crossed the Equator on February 17, 1853 in long. 113, since which time had light easterly winds.

Anchored in San Francisco off Griffin's Wharf.

Cargo

Grindstones, furniture, hardware, almonds, paperhangings, coffee, white lead, sugar, rainsins, fish, whiskey and oil.

Passengers

George P. Soren
G. W. Snow
Mary A. Snow
H. P. Castleton
B. D. Henry
B. Taber
Mrs. S. F. Taber
H. E. Taber
C. W. Taber
Abby A. Taber
W. J. Fash
R. Thompson
C. B. Thompson
S. A. Hassey

Squally Weather Montague Dawson Montague Dawson's father was a yacht handler and an engineer, which led to growing up learning about shipping and sailing; his natural talent for painging evolved into a position at a commercial art studio in Bedford Row, London. There he received on-the-job education in illustration and poster design. At the onset of WWI, Dawson enlisted in the Navy. His superiors recognized his talent and assigned him the duty of visually recording the war at sea.

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