Air mail across the Pacific : San Francisco to Hong Kong

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  Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer San Francisco

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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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  San Francisco. From California Street. Drawn from a daguerrotype [sic], the property of Eug. Delessert Esq.re

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  A black-and-white panoramic lithograph view of San Francisco, California. The print was drawn from a daguerreotype by photographer Eugène Delessert, printed by Parisian lithograph firm Imprimerie Lemercier, and published by M. [Michele] Knoedler. The print shows San Francisco's California St. with Yerba Buena Harbor and Island in the center, and Telegraph Hill and Alcatraz Island on the left. Scenery includes sailboats, building structures, horses, and figures in a variety of dress. Text below center of image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Printer signature reads "Imp. Lemercier, Paris" in lower right corner. Title is printed in the lower center in a cursive font.

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  Vue de San Francisco en 1860 : View of San Francisco in 1860

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  A color-tinted lithograph with hand-colored details depicting a bird's-eye-view of San Francisco's Chinatown during its early development. The image was originally created by artist Louis LeBreton, printed by lithographer Francois Gosselin, and published by Henry Payot. The image depicts Chinese townspeople on the hilly outskirts of the town, shown wearing conical hats, loose clothing, and some smoking pipes. Other townspeople are depicted in traditional Victorian attire, shown walking down a central road leading to San Francisco Bay and Yerba Buena Island. Scenery includes sailboats, clouds, palm trees, rocky hills, and building structures. The lower left corner of the image includes a signature that reads "LeBreton." On the left side of the print, text below the image reads "Published by Henry Payot, 184 Washington Street," and below the right of the image, text reads "Paris, Gosselin, Editeur, Imp. 71, r. St. Jacques." The title is printed in both English and French.

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  Coining Money at the San Francisco Branch Mint

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  Image contains seven vignettes depicting various stages in the coining of money. One vignette is an exterior view of the Branch Mint. "Herrick SC."--text, within the upper left and lower right vignettes. "Eastman."--text, within the upper center and lower left vignettes. "Butler."--text, within the upper right and middle left vignettes. "[A. Nahl.]"--text, within the lower left vignette. The sheet is torn on the right side, and the vignettes on the right are missing portions. It also appears that the sheet was cut along the top and bottom. The top portion of some text can be seen at the bottom of the sheet. "[Published by Hutching [sic] & Rosenfield, 201 Clay St, Plaza, San Francisco. Excelsior Print, Clay St.]"--text, below image, from Baird. Paper color: blue.

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  San Francisco, 1858. [upper] San Francisco. 1849 & 1850. From Telegraph Hill. [lower]

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  Upper image is a view from the Plaza, exactly the same as "San Francisco 1854." "Lith. of Britton & Rey Cor. Montg & Comm. Sts."--text, below image. Lower image is a view looking south from Telegraph Hill with the Plaza near the center, wharves and ships to the left, and two or three streets of buildings to the right. Baird notes that this image is apparently based on Swan's "View of San Francisco, From Telegraph Hill." Paper color: blue.

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  Pacific Mail Steamship Company, trans-Pacific sailing list and calendar, 1898

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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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