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Title
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Steamer Tennessee
Creator
Sarony & Major, publisher
Contributor
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
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.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 48.2 x 75.7 cm (19 x 29 13/16 in.) ; overall 56.3 x 81.5 cm (22 3/16 x 32 1/16 in.)
Identifier
priJHK 00487
306327
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/12404
Subject
Tennessee (Steamship)
Paddle steamers--19th century--Pictorial works
Steamboats--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Passenger ships--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Ships--19th century--Pictorial works
Steamboat lines--United States--19th century
Shipping--Pacific Coast--History--19th century
Marine prints--United States--19th century
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Illustrations
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection
Prints
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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