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Shipwright apprentice learning a dying craft
In San Francisco at the Maritime Historic Park, 29 year old David Houck trains as possibly the nation’s sole shipwright apprentice in California. He learns to repair and restore wooden vessels alongside veteran craftsmen, a dying craft in a modern era.
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San Francisco
David Houck
Houck
California
Maritime Historic Park
Fisherman’s Wharf
Jim Tinkcom
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Shipwrights’ National Union
Harry Dring
Park
Shipwrights’ Union
Dring
Maritime Park
Joe Beviacqua
Beviacqua