Departure of the California First Regiment, U.S.V. on the Steam Ship City of Peking for the Philippine Islands, May 25, 1898

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  Departure of the California First Regiment, U.S.V. on the Steam Ship City of Peking for the Philippine Islands, May 25, 1898

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  Printers: Britton & Rey [lithographer] Publishers: Britton & Rey Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company [chartered to United States Navy]

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  Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, "City of Peking."

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  Dimensions at left of the title; hull and engine builder at right. Above title, in small print: Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York. On verso is a name and adrees in ink, and a notation in pencil. Focus of item: City of Peking.

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamships City of Peking and City of Tokio, and the yacht Magic

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  Print also shows the Yacht Magic and the Pilot Boat 18 in the right near distance, and in the far left distance another steamship similar to the City of Peking, identified in the photomechanical print as the sister ship City of Tokio. The City of Peking is off of Sandy Hook, which can be seen in the right distance. Magic won the America's Cup in 1870. Focus of item: City of Peking.

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamships City of Peking and City of Tokio

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  Photomechanical copy of etching without lettering, see priMISC/M KM0071a. The City of Tokio is in the far left distance; print also shows the Yacht Magic and the Pilot Boat 18 in the right near distance. Magic won the America's Cup in 1870. The City of Peking is off of Sandy Hook, which can be seen in the right distance. "Eldredge Collection Mariners' Museum"--stamp in brown ink, verso, lower right corner. Focus of item: City of Peking.

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  P.M.S.S. [City of] Peking : general arrangement

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  The sheet shows a cutaway starboard profile and five decks of the vessel; the deck plans show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon, social hall, card room and other amenities. "P.M.S.S. Peking. General Arrangement"--title at the top of the drawing. "Scale 1/16" = 1 Foot"--scale given. "Case No. 361S Sheet No. 7159S"--lower right corner, stamped on original; numbers, in ms.; stamp and the case number are the similar to the one found on ephKMSP 006, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. "E2"--in lower right corner of the image. Unknown as to when the copy was made. "City of Peking"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. The City of Peking, built in 1874, was the first iron-hulled, propeller-driven steamer built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; she was chartered in 1898 by US Government as a troopship for Spanish-American War and sailed as part of group led by USS Charleston; laid up at San Francisco in 1908, she was broken up in 1910. Focus of item: City of Peking.

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  Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, Golden City

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  Focus of item: Golden City.

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