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Steam ship Golden Gate : U.S. mail carrier

Description: From JHK provenance card file: Starboard broadside view at sea under steam. Shoreline visible in distance. Watercolor on linen. 22 1/4" X 31 1/2" (dimensions of stretcher); 27 3/4" x 17 3/4" (painted surface; upper corners rounded). Attributed to Charles Parsons. Inscribed in lower margin: Steam Ship Golden Gate U.S. Mail Carrier. Possibly "ghost of signature in lower left of painted surface. "Ghosts" of letter below present inscription with apparently same words. On reverse of stretcher marked "T A 91" in pencil at top. Marked "P 1270/4" at bottom. Maple frame marked "C.D.T." on back at left. Picture has been recently placed in frame since nails are new. May have merely been remove from frame for cleaning and returned […] Framed, with glass. An exhibit label from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is attached to the back, exhibit was titled "Pertaining to the Sea" and was on display from 3/23 to 5/2/76; donor is listed as "Anonymous" with John H. Kemble in parenthesis.
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Date: between 1851 and 1862

Steam ship Golden Gate : U.S. mail carrier

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This collection forms part of the John Haskell Kemble maritime collection compiled by American maritime historian John Haskell Kemble (1912-1990). The collection contains 125 artworks dating from 1828 to 1981, with subjects pertaining to and/or depicting maritime vessels, including commercial and military ships. Most are oil paintings, with some watercolors also included.

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Burning of the Steamship "Golden Gate," July 27, 1862

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From JHK provenance card file: At right and left directly below engraved surface: "Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. New York." Starboard view, on fire, underway. Colored litho. Engraved surface 8" x 12 1/4" […] Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0834. Focus of item: Golden Gate.

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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's through U.S. Mail Line to California

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Image is the same as KM0144, however this image of the Henry Chauncey is not colored, only the tints have been applied for the sky and ocean. Date is determined by the vessels listed in the print. "Qualia[?] #78/$20"--on right corner, in ms., in pencil. "305"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. Focus of item: [Henry Chauncey].

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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer San Francisco

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"153.--"--lower corner, in ms. in pencil. The print shows the first San Francisco, built in 1853 by William H. Webb, and lost on her maiden voyage from New York to San Francisco after foundering on 23 December 1853 in the Atlantic; she was finally abandoned on 4 January 1853. Focus of item: San Francisco.

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Golden gate brand genuine imperiale epineuse prunes

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Image of a Golden Gate brand prune box label with plums and blossoms on a tree surrounding a decorative frame with text; "IPO" monogram at top center for Imperiale Prune Orchard of San Jose, California.

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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, Japan

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There are junks in the foreground, and to the left in the background. Victoria Peak with semaphore at top in background, center right. Vessel is flying American flag from the stern, a Pacific Mail house-flag from the middle mast, a pennant with the vessels name from the aft mast; from the first mast is a flag flying what appears to be a red dragon on a yellow field. Print includes vessel statistics and the name of the builder, Henry Steers. Copyright information below the image in the center" "Entered ... 1868 ... by Louis R. Menger ...". Focus of item: Japan.

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Steam ship Golden Gate : U.S. mail carrier

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