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



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

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    Publishers: Brown & Bley Companies: Pacific Mail Steamship Company

    priJHK 00556

  • Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Steamer Tennessee

    Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Steamer Tennessee

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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.

    priJHK 00487

  • Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamer Great Republic

    Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamer Great Republic

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    "Published by Currier & Ives" "125 Nassau St. New York" Below title are the dimensions and tonnage of the vessel. Focus of item: Great Republic.

    priJHK 00895

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    Air mail across the Pacific : San Francisco to Hong Kong

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    A black-and-white print published by the San Francisco Post Office advertising its trans-Pacific airmail service. The title of the print is in English, with Chinese text on the lower half describing how airmail was shipped from San Francisco to Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Macao, and Hong Kong. Text in Chinese also lists the postage rates and total duration of the flights varying by destination. The center of the print features Clyde H. Sunderland's aerial photograph of Pan American Airway's "China Clipper" flying over San Francisco, California. The top and bottom of the print include borders decorated with monoplane motifs. The printed signature at the lower center reads, "San Francisco P.O. 9-30-37-500."

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  • Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamers "Acapulco" and "Colon"

    Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Steamers "Acapulco" and "Colon"

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    The sheet shows the ship's profile and plans for three full decks, Promenade, Upper, and Main. Deck plans show passenger accommodations, along with the dining saloon, social hall, smoking room and other amenities. Hand drawn on vellum. Title in the top - center of the drawing. Scale at bottom of drawing. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5454s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. Stamp and the case number are similar as the one found on priJHK 00143, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. Focus of item: Acapulco (1873-1914) ; Colon (1873-1904).

    priJHK 00912

  • Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer, Costa Rica

    Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer, Costa Rica

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    A later version of the print made for Atlantic Mail Steamship Company (qv. priKMEpri 0083), with a number of changes: 1) added cabins along top deck, drawn in behind original figures; "Costa Rica" added to paddle-box; "AMSSCO" changed to "PMSSCO" on paddle-box; house flag replace; American navy jack, then used with merchant vessel, added to bow of the vessel. Focus of item: Costa Rica.

    priJHK 00283