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The Irish mail at Holyhead

Description: Below the image is the title, followed by a short history of the Holyhead to Ireland mail service; on the left side of the history is "LMS" on the right, the badge for the railroad company. "E.R.O. 53331"--printed in lower left corner. "Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale & Co. Limited, Glasgow"--printed in the lower right corner. "Property of John H. Kemble Nov. 1975"--on verso, typed label, upper right corner. Large print has been backed by a board and framed. The Cambria was transferred, 1 January 1923, from London and North Western Railway, following the creation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company (LMS) as a result of the British Railway Act of 1921 which consolidated individual companies in larger units; the vessel operated for LMS until 1 January 1948 when LMS was fully nationalized and added to the British Transport Commission. Focus of item: Cambria.
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Date: ca. 1939
Call number: priJHK 00004

The Irish mail at Holyhead

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Artists: Wilkinson, Norman, 1878- Printers: M'Corquodale & Co. Publishers: [London Midland & Scottish Railway Company] Companies: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company

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Chinese emigration to America -- sketch on board the Pacific Mail Steamship 'Alaska'

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Printed a month earlier in Illustrated London News April 29, 1876. "AH"--printed signature, lower left corner of image. "LR or RL"--printed signature, lower right corner of image.

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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer Great Republic

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"LP563"--on verso, lower left corner, in ms., in pink pencil. "C.Rmekkr $50-"--on verso, lower right corner, in ms., in pencil. Focus of item: Great Republic.

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Garston : the LMS Merseyside port

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"Norman Wilkinson"--artist's signature reproduce in lower left corner. Below the image is the title, a short description of Garston, the initials "LMS" on the left, and, on the right, a red label pasted over the badge for the railroad company. "For all information on travel in Great Britain apply to T.R. Dester (London Midland and Scottish Railway) 200 Fifth Avenue New York"--red label pasted in lower right next to the title. "Printed in Great Britain by John Horn Limited London & Glasgow"--printed in the lower right corner.

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Atlantic coast express

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"SHEP"--artist's signature lower right corner of image. Image of passenger steam train No. 850 of the Southern Railway's Atlantic Coast Express with schedule of stops for 3rd July to 25th September, 1938 in lower right corner. "Southern Railway Advertising."--printed, lower left corner, recto, bottom. "13 Ad. 4661/500-1938"--printed, center, recto, bottom. "Printed in England at the Baynard Press, London"--lower right corner, recto, bottom. Artist name from Science & Society Picture Library (http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk) ; see Picture Reference Number 10173710, Inventory No. 1978-9108: "Artwork by Charles ‘Shep’ Shepherd, who studied art under Paul Woodroffe and was head of the studio at the Baynard Press. "

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Warwick Castle : England's historic gem in the heart of Shakespeare Land

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Poster is backed with linen. "Warwick Goble"--artist's signature reproduced in lower right corner of the image. "Printed in England"--lower left corner, small type. "Waterlow & Sons Limited"--lower right corner, small type.

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