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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer China
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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer China
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Printers: W. Endicott & Co. [lithographer] Publishers: L.R. Menger Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, Japan
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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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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's through U.S. Mail Line to California
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China
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Date for the print determined by the fact that the vessel is flying the British Merchant flag at the taffrail, indicating British registry. The China was a British registered vessel from 1889 to 1897. She did operate for Pacific Mail during this period, and the company's flag can be seen on the mainmast. Large shield volcano in the background (Japan?). Focus of item: China (1889-1925). Title supplied by cataloger.
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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer China
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The Jay T. Last collection of maritime prints and ephemera contains approximately 1,150 printed items that pertain to travel, shipping, and other maritime-related activities and businesses in the United States primarily dating from the second half of the 19th century. The collection consists of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations produced for or relevant to steamship companies, sailing vessels, shipping entities, passenger lines, and related businesses and publications.The collection has more than 55 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographic and engraved prints of ships, certificates and contracts, and advertising materials for passenger and shipping routes. Small-size items in the collection number approximately 1,100 and are comprised mainly of advertising and promotional ephemera and business documents. The vast majority of these items are bills of lading and steamship passes, but the collection also has trade cards, timetables, booklets, directory ads, menus, passenger lists, postcards, handbills, and printed billheads and letterheads with manuscript text. Subjects addressed within the collection include commerce, advertising, technology and engineering, and tourism as related to river, lake, and ocean travel mostly in the United States. The images are primarily promotional and provide information about the history of passenger travel and commercial shipping, as well as the advertising strategies employed by these industries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of visual culture and printmaking techniques and trends, as well as information about the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.
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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, Sacramento
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"[Endic]ott & Co. Lith. 59 Beekman St. N.Y." "Built by Webb & Bell under the supervision of Capt. Wm. Skiddy." At "Published by L.R. Menger, 22 Dey S[treet New York]". Dimensions for the vessel at left and right of the title below picture. Trimmed on the right and left leaving no margins; margin at bottom. See also priJHK 00468. Focus of item: Sacramento.
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