Opening Hours
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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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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"RNOX 37.50 The Union, which operated from San Francisco to Panama from 1850 to 1851, first for the People's Line and then for the Independent Line, was wrecked at San Quintín Bay, Baja California, on July 5, 1851 supposedly due to intoxicated crew; all passengers and crew were saved. The Northerner, built in 1847, was purchased by Pacific Mail Steamship Company from Empire City Line in December 1850; she became spare steamer in 1853, and was wrecked, January 5, 1860, after striking Blunt's Reef, south of Humbolt Bay.
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Publishers: [Illustrated news] Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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"153.--"--lower corner, in ms. in pencil. The print shows the first San Francisco, built in 1853 by William H. Webb, and lost on her maiden voyage from New York to San Francisco after foundering on 23 December 1853 in the Atlantic; she was finally abandoned on 4 January 1853. Focus of item: San Francisco.
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Houseflag in colors above in upper right. 3/4 port bow view of steamer under steam in lower center. "Occidental and Oriental S.S. Co. San Francisco, Cal." Published by Sunset Photo-Engraving Co., San Francisco, California. The steam vessel in the poster is either the Belgic or the Gaelic, sister ships built in 1885 by White Star and chartered to Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company; the Belgic operated under charter from 1885 to 1898, the Gaelic from 1885 to 1904.
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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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