Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
194089
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Image of a map centered on the continents of North and South America showing the Great Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and related steamship lines to Europe and Asia, with a second map, above, of the railroad route from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, and mileage statistics printed in right margin; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions and timetables of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, with a vignette of a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and a vignette of the exterior of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago.
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Houseflag in colors above in upper right. 3/4 port bow view of steamer under steam in lower center. "Occidental and Oriental S.S. Co. San Francisco, Cal." Published by Sunset Photo-Engraving Co., San Francisco, California. The steam vessel in the poster is either the Belgic or the Gaelic, sister ships built in 1885 by White Star and chartered to Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company; the Belgic operated under charter from 1885 to 1898, the Gaelic from 1885 to 1904.
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Artists: Bull Publishers: Sunset Photo-Engraving Co. Companies: Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
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