Houseflag in colors above in upper right. 3/4 port bow view of steamer under steam in lower center. "Occidental and Oriental S.S. Co. San Francisco, Cal." Published by Sunset Photo-Engraving Co., San Francisco, California. The steam vessel in the poster is either the Belgic or the Gaelic, sister ships built in 1885 by White Star and chartered to Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company; the Belgic operated under charter from 1885 to 1898, the Gaelic from 1885 to 1904.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 64 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.) ; overall 81 x 55.4 cm (31 7/8 x 21 13/16 in.)
Advertising--Shipping--19th century Advertising--Transportation--19th century Ocean liners--United States--Pictorial works Passenger ships--United States--Pictorial works Steamboat lines--United States--19th century Shipping Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company--Public Relations Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company--Posters Posters, travel
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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