Below title: On her Voyage from San Francisco to Panama, have on board 1,400,000 in treasure, 242 Passengers and a Crew of 95 persons of whom only about 100 are known to have been saved." "Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. New York." Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0834. See another copy: priJHK 00819. Focus of item: Golden Gate. The Golden Gate, launched 21 January 1851, operated for Pacific Mail on the San Francisco to Panama route from 1851 to 1862; she burned on 27 July 1862 off the Mexican Coast, north of Manzanillo, with a loss of 223 lives and her cargo of treasure.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 20.3 x 31.3 cm (8 x 12 5/16 in.) ; overall 25.5 x 35.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)
Golden Gate (Steamship : 1851-1862) Golden Gate (Steamship : 1851-1862)--Fire, 1862 Paddle steamers--United States--19th century--Pictorial works Passenger ships--United States--Pictorial works Steamboats--United States--19th century--Pictorial works Marine prints--United States--19th century Pacific Mail Steamship Company Ships--Fires and fire prevention Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc Illustrations
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Prints Vessels Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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