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Original Pilot's Logbook for the Steamer Humboldt, July-August 1899, Seattle-Skagway

Light brown cloth binding with "58 59" handwritten in pencil on front. No lettering on spine. Contains numerous handwritten entries in pencil. 5 3/4" x 9 1/2." July-August 1899. Unpaginated, c. 150 pages. Logbook kept for the route between Seattle, Washington and Skagway, Alaska. Pages are very clean and intact overall, but there is light age toning throughout, smudging from the handwriting in pencil (handwriting still very clean and readable), the small occasional stain, and a few dog-eared corners. Covers are clean and intact overall, but there is moderate smudging and darkening throughout and corners are slightly worn. A Very Good copy. An original pilot's logbook kept for the steamer, SS Humboldt, on its route between Seattle and Skagway from July-August 1899. The SS Humboldt was a wooden steamship built in Eureka, California in 1896. For many years, she traveled the Alaska route. From 1919-1932, the Humboldt traveled between San Francisco and Los Angeles. She was retired from service in 1932. This logbook lists information of the Humboldt's voyage between Seattle and Skagway from July-August 1899 such as times of arrival and departure, "name of the headland or place," coordinates from the "pilot house compass" and "bridge compass," and brief descriptions of the weather.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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