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Post by SS Shasta on Nov 4, 2009 10:51:27 GMT -8
I remember her well as I rode her quite often usually to Vashon, but sometimes to Winslow and one time to Kingston very late in her career. She was rather plain outside, but had a beautiful passenger cabin. The all wood structure had real character and one could actually feel that they were stepping into the 1920's. Her galley sort of reminded me of our old neighborhood drugstore with a long lunch counter and those rounded seats that were anchored to the floor. My good friend in college actually had a summer job of washing dishes in her galley when she worked the San Juan Island route.
Evergreen, did you post a photo one time actually showing her galley and all wood cabin? They must have taken it off this board.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Nov 4, 2009 11:21:42 GMT -8
Evergreen, did you post a photo one time actually showing her galley and all wood cabin? They must have taken it off this board. I believe those photos were of the Klahanie. |
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Post by FNS on Nov 4, 2009 11:44:54 GMT -8
Evergreen, did you post a photo one time actually showing her galley and all wood cabin? They must have taken it off this board. I believe those photos were of the Klahanie. Mr. EvergreenFleet emailed me these photos. After some lengthy study, I believe these were taken aboard the KLAHANIE.  Her layout.  Her grand lobby.  Her dining room. |
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Post by EGfleet on Nov 4, 2009 12:13:03 GMT -8
I believe those photos were of the Klahanie. Mr. EvergreenFleet emailed me these photos. After some lengthy study, I believe these were taken aboard the KLAHANIE. Her layout. Her grand lobby. Her dining room. No need to study--they're the Klahanie, well documented at MOHAI and from the Williamson collection.  The color is my doing, however. |
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Sept 7, 2010 8:25:38 GMT -8
Beautiful and very well done as always Evergreen! Thanks for sharing Barnacle!  |
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 7, 2010 13:30:01 GMT -8
You're welcome. There's no point in owning it if nobody gets to see it, is there?  |
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Post by FNS on Sept 10, 2010 16:43:43 GMT -8
Well, with all the furor on her new namesake, Barnacle has graciously allowed me to post two photos of the old girl he recently added to his collection.  and  and my color version of same...  These photos must have been taken at Columbia Beach. The railing identifies the ferry, the former CHETZY was taken from, was either the OLYMPIC or RHODOEDENDRON. At that time, the CHETZY had just lost her steering guides.
 From a postcard I bought some time ago. This is the CHETZEMOKA in diapers, so to speak. She was 1927 brand new in this photo as the Golden Gate Ferry GOLDEN POPPY. It wouldn't be long after this photo was taken when more white paint would cover her sides when GGF was absorbed into Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, Ltd. The land mass behind her should be Sin Bin Island.  From Page 86 in Demoro's Evergreen Fleet. The CHETZEMOKA retained her original nameboards all her life as we see the original name GOLDEN POPPY engraved on this side. The other ferry at the VMC was the KEHLOKEN, formerly GOLDEN STATE.  From Page 87 in Demoro's Evergreen Fleet. Here, we see Captain Les Hofstad has his left hand on the steering lever and his right on the telegraph. The big wheel behind him was for back-up purposes. |
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Post by SS San Mateo on Sept 10, 2010 18:15:57 GMT -8
These photos must have been taken at Columbia Beach. The railing identifies the ferry, the former CHETZY was taken from, was either the OLYMPIC or RHODOEDENDRON. At that time, the CHETZY had just lost her steering guides. Unless the railing on the Olympic was replaced after this picture was taken, it would have to be the Rhododendron. From the pictures I've seen of the Olympic, she had the non-flat railing tops. |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 10, 2010 18:31:07 GMT -8
From Page 87 in Demoro's Evergreen Fleet. Here, we see Captain Les Hofstad has his left hand on the steering lever and his right on the telegraph. The big wheel behind him was for back-up purposes. That's very similar to what they've got running on the Frances Barkley. They have a traditional steering wheel, plus a steering joystick, and autopilot course steering. They only ever switch to the wheel in emergencies, and they use the autopilot during the voyage at all times except during moorage, when the joystick is used. |
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Post by SS Shasta on Oct 27, 2010 18:43:23 GMT -8
Just wondering if WSF saved any memorabilia from the First MV Chetzemoka? Wouldn't it be special if a small, but special display could be placed on the new Chetzemoka to honor and remember this great wooden lady of the past? I have always wondered what happened to those famous name plates with the Golden Poppy carved on their back side. I also wonder what ever happened to her beautiful brass wheels. Did they sink to the deep or did someone have the foresight to save something?
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Post by rusty on Oct 27, 2010 20:03:49 GMT -8
Someone would've saved those things, but who?
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Post by BreannaF on Oct 27, 2010 22:27:42 GMT -8
Just wondering if WSF saved any memorabilia from the First MV Chetzemoka? Wouldn't it be special if a small, but special display could be placed on the new Chetzemoka to honor and remember this great wooden lady of the past? I have always wondered what happened to those famous name plates with the Golden Poppy carved on their back side. I also wonder what ever happened to her beautiful brass wheels. Did they sink to the deep or did someone have the foresight to save something? At the very least, you'd think it would be appropriate to have a framed photo of the old Chetzemoka on the new one of the same name on a wall somewhere, right next to a sign similar to the ones along the highway that tell a short story about a nearby historical site. And certainly, perhaps if one of the local museums (or a WSF warehouse somewhere) had something appropriate, perhaps they could lend an artifact from the collection to complete the display. It would be a good idea even without one, though. Someone would've saved those things, but who? The naughty little voice in my brain is telling me to say to start with the closet in EG Fleet's office -- even though it's not likely the place..... ;D |
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 28, 2010 8:02:31 GMT -8
Just wondering if WSF saved any memorabilia from the First MV Chetzemoka? Wouldn't it be special if a small, but special display could be placed on the new Chetzemoka to honor and remember this great wooden lady of the past? I have always wondered what happened to those famous name plates with the Golden Poppy carved on their back side. I also wonder what ever happened to her beautiful brass wheels. Did they sink to the deep or did someone have the foresight to save something? At the very least, you'd think it would be appropriate to have a framed photo of the old Chetzemoka on the new one of the same name on a wall somewhere, right next to a sign similar to the ones along the highway that tell a short story about a nearby historical site. And certainly, perhaps if one of the local museums (or a WSF warehouse somewhere) had something appropriate, perhaps they could lend an artifact from the collection to complete the display. It would be a good idea even without one, though. Someone would've saved those things, but who? The naughty little voice in my brain is telling me to say to start with the closet in EG Fleet's office -- even though it's not likely the place..... ;D Ha, I wish. No, not at all. WSF's record of saving things from ferries is abysmal. When they are done with a boat, they are done with a boat. When the Kalakala was retired, dumpsters of material were offloaded and thrown away, including the painting of the Black Ball clipper ship that was above the forward staircase. An alert worker fished it out of the dumpster and saved it. Sad truth is, unless someone at the yard made off with it, nothing was saved from any of the retired ferries. The wheel off the Olympic was an exception--and something that angered the fellow who purchased her at the time. I wouldn't look for anything to turn up from the Chetzemoka, and the MOHAI only has a few photos of the old boat. Happily one of them is a very nice profile shot in WSF livery. |
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Post by Barnacle on Oct 28, 2010 8:17:43 GMT -8
Anything that was preserved from the old vessels was a result of, shall we say, individual enterprise. I know the 'Golden Poppy' builder's plaque still exists, but it isn't in WSF's hands.
In recent years--say, the last twenty-five--some artifcats were salvaged by WSF and put into storage. And some of the steering stands from the Jumbos and Supers went across eBay a few years back. But on the whole, no, not much survives.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2010 18:08:13 GMT -8
Here's the photo I referenced earlier...had posted this before but never made the switch to photobucket. How about the photoshopped pic of her on the bottom of the ocean, with the " Raise the Chetzemoka" caption. That was a classic page from the efleet website. ;D |
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Post by Barnacle on Oct 29, 2010 5:26:20 GMT -8
That was! I have a t-shirt somewhere with that on it. I suppose wearing it in Port Townsend these days would be in bad taste. ;D
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Post by FNS on Mar 11, 2015 1:34:16 GMT -8
 Here's a photo from a scrapbook I acquired some time ago of the first CHETZEMOKA posing for a photographer sporting the CENTURY 21 banner on her side. This banner was installed to promote the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. |
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Post by EGfleet on Nov 18, 2015 9:04:15 GMT -8
This is a clipping from the 13 June 1977 edition of Enetai, which was published for the ferry system.  |
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