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Title: Launch of the sea steamer "Great Republic" : sketched by Charles Parsons
Creator: Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910, artist
Harper & Brothers, publisher
Contributor: Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1866-11-24
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: The image has been hand colored. Front cover for Harper's Weekly, Saturday, November 24, 1866, vol. X no. 517. Focus of item: Great Republic.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: Print ; image 27.2 x 23.2 cm (10 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.) ; overall 38.6 x 27.7 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJHK 00745
333009
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/22046
Subject: Great Republic (Steamship : 1866-1879)
Paddle steamers--19th century--Pictorial works
Steamboats--United States--Pictorial works
Passenger ships--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Ships--19th century--Pictorial works
Marine prints--19th century
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Ships--Launching--19th century
Illustrations
Source: John Haskell Kemble Collection
Prints
Vessels
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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