Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Publishers: George F. Nesbitt & Co. Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
priJHK 00427
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"Published by Currier & Ives" "125 Nassau St. New York" Below title are the dimensions and tonnage of the vessel. Focus of item: Great Republic.
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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.
priJHK 00487
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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.
priJHK 00283
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See also priKMEpri 0084 for a later edition. Focus of item: Costa Rica.
priJHK 00282
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Image seems blurry, out of focus. People on top deck. "2998 Keystone" and "C5754" on verso. Focus of item: Constitution (Steamship).
priJHK 00587