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The Great Eastern. Designed by I. K. Brunel Esqr

Description: Image of the steamship The Great Eastern, along with blueprint cross-section views from the top and the side of the vessel with measurements; text describing the building, features, and specifications of the vessel below, along with a key to the diagram numerals.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1858
Call number: priJLC_MAR_001426
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Cabin Plan of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co's. new twin screw steamships, Transpacific service, "Korea" & "Siberia"

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The plans for the decks show passenger accommodations, including steerage,labeled "Asiatic Passengers or Cargo", along with public spaces, such as the dining saloon, social room and smoking room. Measurements for the vessels are printed beneath the title. Key for cabin plan printed below title and vessel measurements. Cabin plan is similar to ephKMSP 048, with slight changes such as "Steerage" to "Asiatic Passengers" and the addition of a key for the staterooms. Once folded, now laid flat. "Pacific Mail S/S Co "Korea"-"Siberia""--on verso, in ms., in pencil. "National Bond"--watermark. Focus of item: Korea ; Siberia.

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Cabin Plan of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co's. new twin screw steamships, Transpacific service,"Manchuria" & "Mongolia"

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The plans for the decks show passenger accommodations, including steerage,labeled "Asiatic Passengers or Cargo", along with public spaces, such as the dining saloon, social room and smoking room. Measurements for the vessels are printed beneath the title. Key for cabin plan printed below title and vessel measurements. Cabin plan is similar to ephKMSP 050, with slight changes such as "Steerage - Chinese" to "Asiatic Passengers" and the addition of a key for the staterooms. Once folded, now laid flat. "40593 Pacific Mail S/S Co "Manchuria"-"Mongolia"'--on verso, in ms., in pencil. "National Bond"--watermark. Focus of item: Manchuria ; Mongolia.

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The superintendents locomotive star built by the Central R.R. of New Jersey Machine Works at Elizabethport N.J

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Image of the plan view and cross sections of the front and side of a steam locomotive and attached tender with a 4-2-4 wheel arrangement and extended cab; the tender is labeled "C.R.R. of N.J."; measurements printed below title.

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James Vick importer & grower of vegetable & flower seeds. Rochester, N.Y

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Image of a bouquet of flowers, including pansies, carnations, sweet peas, and asters, in a footed vessel; vegetables, including lettuce, turnips, and eggplant, are gathered below the bouquet; flowers and vegetables are numbered with corresponding key in lower margin.

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Rose and its parts

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Image of a rose plant with diagrams of the parts of the flower, as well as cross-sections of an apple blossom and a cherry blossom; includes captions for each diagram.

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Evansville route : Evansville and Terre Haute R.R. Chicago and Eastern Illinois R. R. : to the north

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Image of a poster advertising the Evansville Route with a wood-engraved center image of an elevated landscape view of the Ohio River and Henderson Bridge near Evansville, Indiana, with a steam locomotive train crossing the bridge and steamboats including one labeled the "Ellen N." in the river; measurements of the bridge in the lower left.

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The Great Eastern. Designed by I. K. Brunel Esqr

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