Folder: S.F. Ships-Three Brothers
Written on back: "Three Brothers. Builder: Jeremiah Simonson, Greenpoint, L.I. Launched: 1857. Reconstructed from a merchant steamship to sailing vessel, October 1873."
Written on accompanying paper: "Reproduction of panel in the old San Francisco Merchants' Exchange, showing the scene in San Francisco Bay as Three Brothers was towed out on her maiden voyage. Shown in the photograph are inward bound, the barks Caroline Mills and Margaret Crockard, and the German corvette Nymph. Outward bound are shown the bark Clara Bell and the brigs Josephine and Crimea. The tugs Rescue and Neptune are towing Three Brothers, and the steamer Princess is following with excursionists. Panel painted by Coulter."
