Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s steamer "City of Para"

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamers "Acapulco" and "Colon"

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  The sheet shows the ship's profile and plans for three full decks, Promenade, Upper, and Main. Deck plans show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon, social hall, smoking room and other amenities. Hand drawn on vellum. Title in the top - center of the drawing. Scale at bottom of drawing. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5454s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. Stamp and the case number are similar as the one found on priJHK 00143, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. Focus of item: Acapulco (1873-1914) ; Colon (1873-1904).

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamers "San Juan", "San Blas", and "San Jose"

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  The sheet shows the ship's profile and plans for two full decks, Upper and Main. Deck plans show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon, social hall, smoking room and other amenities. Hand drawn on vellum. Title in the top of the drawing. No scale given. "Union Iron Works / Ship-Yard Dept. / Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5440s"--large brown stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. Focus of item: San Juan ; San Blas ; San Jose.

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s steamer Starbuck

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  The sheet shows the profile and two decks of the steamship Starbuck; the plans for the decks show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon and other amenities. Hand drawn on vellum. "Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamer Starbuck"--title at top of sheet. No scale given. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5442s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink; stamp and the case number are the same as the one found on ephKMSP 006, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. The Starbuck was purchased in 1886 from William H. Starbuck of New York who had salvaged, renamed, and reflagged the vessel in 1885 after she had gone ashore at Moriches, Long Island; Pacific Mail overhauled her engine and hull in 1891; she was lost, without causalities, on February 28, 1899, after striking an uncharted rock off coast of Nicaragua. Focus of item: Starbuck.

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s steamer "City of Para"

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  Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company ; [Union Iron Works Co. (San Francisco)]

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamer "Barracouta"

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  The sheet shows the ship's Dining room, Berths, and Women's Steerage.. Hand drawn on vellum. Title at the bottom of the drawing. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 7183s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. Stamp and the case number are similar as the one found on priJHK 00143, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. Focus of item: Barracouta.

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  Plan of the saloons of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamer Japan

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  The deck plans show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon, social hall, smoking room and other amenities; tables listing cargo capacity and the number of berths aboard the steamer, total 1098, are also provided. "Copied by the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia." --on verso, stamp in black ink. Copy is a negative image, possibly taken from microfilm. Unknown as to when the copy was made. Focus of item: Japan.

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