Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The John L. Stephens was launched on 21 September 1852; she cleared New York for San Francisco on 17 December 1852, and arrived on 3 April 1853 with passengers from Panama; was in service, 1853-1860, San Francisco to Panama; sold, 1878, to Sisson, Wallace & Co., sent to Alaska as a cannery; broken up 1879. Focus of item: John L. Stephens.
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Publishers: [Endicott & Co.] Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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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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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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"T111062"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. See also priJHK 00903. Focus of item: Sacramento.
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There are junks in the foreground, and to the left in the background. Victoria Peak with semaphore at top in background, center right. Vessel is flying American flag from the stern, a Pacific Mail house-flag from the middle mast, a pennant with the vessels name from the aft mast; from the first mast is a flag flying what appears to be a red dragon on a yellow field. Print includes vessel statistics and the name of the builder, Henry Steers. Copyright information below the image in the center" "Entered ... 1868 ... by Louis R. Menger ...". Focus of item: Japan.
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