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Title: Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer Great Republic
Creator: Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910, artist
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), printer
Menger, L. R., publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1867
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer Great Republic; passengers visible on two decks; rowboat with several people in Chinese costume waving to passengers on the ship at left; several other vessels sailing nearby in background.
"Endicott & Co. Lith. 59 Beekman St. New York."--text, bottom left margin. "Parsons /67."--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Published by L.R. Menger, 22 Dey Street, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Built by Henry Steers."--text, bottom center margin. "Length On Water Line 360 Feet. / Breadth of Beam 50 " [i.e. ft.] / Depth of Hold 31 1/2 " [i.e. ft.] Register Tonnage 3882 / Carpenters Tonnage 4850 : Length on Spar Deck 380 Feet. / Breadth Over All 79 " [i.e. ft.] / Engine Built By "Novelty Iron Works." / 105 Inch Cylinder. 12 Feet Stroke."--text, bottom margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 63.18 x 100.01 cm (24 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MAR_001454
404103
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2820
Language: English
Subject: Ethnic costume--Pictorial works
Steamboats--Pictorial works
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Maritime
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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