"Scale 12' to 1""--in ms., in pencil, along lower right edge. "$250--"--in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. "TM662"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. "21x31 1/2"--on verso, in ms. in pencil, right corner. The Sonora, launched 1 October 1853, was operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from 1854 to 1868; she was dismantled and broken up in Sausalito. Focus of item: Sonora.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 46.1 x 78.8 cm (18 1/8 x 31 in.) ; overall 53.1 x 80.3 cm (20 7/8 x 31 5/8 in.)
Sonora (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 Vessels Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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