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P.M.S.S. [City of] Peking : general arrangement

Description

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

Type
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Date
approximately 1890
Call number
priJHK 00153
Creator
Kemble, John Haskell (1912-1990)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of John Haskell Kemble,
Gift of Elizabeth Paine.
Purchased from Vigilante Rare Books.
Restrictions
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