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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Publishers: Illustrated London News Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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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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"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.
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Some color was printed using tints. "JRN/$225.--as is"--on lower right hand corner, in ms, in pencil. "TS1864"--on verso, in ms, in pencil. Focus of item: Henry Chauncey.
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The sheet provides the displacement scale for the Colon, as well as outline drawings of the "Stem and Forward Piece of Keel", the "Midship Section" and "Stern Post" of the vessel. "Steam Ship Colon"--title at top of drawing. "Built by the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, PA, No. 123"--text in drawing, center, upper left. "Built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company of New York City April 18th 1873"--text in drawing, center, upper right. "Principal Dimensions / Length at 12 feet water line 282 feet 6 inches / Length overall 300 feet / Depth from Base line to Gunwale 30 ft. 6 " / Beam moulded 40 feet"--text in drawing, center, lower left. "6-9-'93"--date, in ms, bottom right of image. "Case No. 72BS Sheet No. 4540S"--lower right corner, stamped on original; numbers, in ms., have been crossed out; 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. "1371-40616"--numbers above the original case and sheet numbers. "Colon"--in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. "2-1 Don"--on verso, in ms., in red pencil. Unknown as to when the copy was made. Focus of item: Colon.
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