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Pacific Mail Steamship Company's through line to California, touching at Mexican Ports, and carrying the U.S. Mail
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company's through line to California, touching at Mexican Ports, and carrying the U.S. Mail
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Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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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 through U.S. Mail Line to California
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Printers: W. Endicott & Co. [lithographer] Publishers: L.R. Menger Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company, trans-Pacific sailing list and calendar, 1898
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The broadside from Pacific Mail Steamship Company is in Chinese and provides information on the schedule between San Francisco - Hong Kong and Hong Kong - San Francisco; at the top of the broadside is a Chinese calendar; next to, and below, the calendar are advertisements for various companies; below the advertisements is the schedule for the vessels and connecting trains in San Francisco; the names of eight PMSSCO vessels have been translated into Chinese, including the Peru and the Peking. "10/74 ca. 1880 MKS 95"--top right corner, in ms., in pencil. "1898 RyRxo 200-"--on mat, lower right corner, in ms., in pencil.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Steamer Tennessee
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Port view under steam at sea, headlands and fortifications in the background, to the left. The image is of the first Tennessee operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; built in 1849, she was purchased in October, 1849, from the Savannah Steam Navigation Company; from 1850 to 1853, she operated between San Francisco and Panama; she was wrecked on 6 March 1853, at Bolinas Bay, four miles north of the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Focus of item: Tennessee.
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Cabin Plan of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co's. new twin screw steamships, Transpacific service,"Manchuria" & "Mongolia"
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The plans for the decks show passenger accommodations, including steerage, along with public spaces, such as the dining saloon, social room and smoking room. Measurements for the vessels are printed beneath the title. Sheet is possibly a transfer paper or an internegative used to make multiple copies; ink has been brushed on, possibly to cover spots on the paper. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 6481s"--stamp, numbers in ms., on original and so in reverse. Focus of item: Manchuria ; Mongolia.
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