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"The Royal Eagle" : an excursion steamer poster c. 1935
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"The Royal Eagle" : an excursion steamer poster c. 1935
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Artists: Rodmell, Harry Hudson, 1896-1984 Printers: UDO (Litho) Ltd. Publishers: Museum of London Companies: General Steam Navigation Company
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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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Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer, Costa Rica
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A later version of the print made for Atlantic Mail Steamship Company (qv. priKMEpri 0083), with a number of changes: 1) added cabins along top deck, drawn in behind original figures; "Costa Rica" added to paddle-box; "AMSSCO" changed to "PMSSCO" on paddle-box; house flag replace; American navy jack, then used with merchant vessel, added to bow of the vessel. Focus of item: Costa Rica.
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Newsmap for the armed forces. Monday, May 8, 1944 : week of April 27 to May 4 : 243rd week of the war : 125th week of U.S. participation
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On is information on several war fronts: air offensive, Italy, Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Eastern front: with the text descriptions are seven photographs from deferent theaters of operations and two maps, one of the European Theater, and a smaller map of the operations in New Guinea. On verso are four maps depicting four approaches to Japan from Alaska, from China-Burma, from Manchuria, and from the S. W. Pacific. Maps on verso were drawn by Richard Edes Harrison, and copyright 1943 Time Inc. "Prepared and distributed by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, 205 E. 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y."--text, small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Prepared from public sources of information"--text, small type, lower margin, left corner. "Navy distribution by Educational Services Section, BuPers, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C."--text, very small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Monday, May 8, 1944 - Week of April 27 to May 4 - Volume III No. 3F"--Text lower margin. "Newsmap, Volume III No. 3B"--text, verso, lower margin, left corner, small type. "« U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944 — 538110"--text, very small type, lower margin, right corner, and verso.
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Newsmap for the armed forces. Monday, May 22, 1944 : week of May 11 to May 18 : 245th week of the war : 127th week of U.S. participation
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On recto is information on several war fronts: Italy, Pacific, Southeast Asia, China, Western Europe and the USSR; with the text descriptions are five photographs showing captured German artillery and the offensive in Italy and two maps, one of the operations in around Monte Cassino, Italy, and a smaller map of the operations in Burma. On the verso is a birds-eye view of an American battleship, New Jersey Class, with a illustrative description along the side. "Prepared and distributed by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, 205 E. 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y."--text, small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Prepared from public sources of information"--text, small type, lower margin, left corner. "Navy distribution by Educational Services Section, BuPers, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C."--text, very small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Monday, May 22, 1944 - Week of May 11 to May 18 - Volume III No. 5F"--Text lower margin. "Newsmap, Volume III No. 5B"--text, verso, lower margin, left corner, small type. "« U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944 — 538110"--text, very small type, lower margin, right corner, and verso.
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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer Sonora
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"Scale 12' to 1""--in ms., in pencil, along lower right edge. "$250--"--in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. "TM662"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. "21x31 1/2"--on verso, in ms. in pencil, right corner. The Sonora, launched 1 October 1853, was operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from 1854 to 1868; she was dismantled and broken up in Sausalito. Focus of item: Sonora.
priJHK 00478