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Title
Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer San Francisco
Creator
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), publisher
Contributor
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1853
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
"153.--"--lower corner, in ms. in pencil. The print shows the first San Francisco, built in 1853 by William H. Webb, and lost on her maiden voyage from New York to San Francisco after foundering on 23 December 1853 in the Atlantic; she was finally abandoned on 4 January 1853. Focus of item: San Francisco.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 46.7 x 79.2 cm (18 3/8 x 31 3/16 in.) ; overall 55.9 x 85.2 cm (22 x 33 9/16 in.)
Identifier
priJHK 00469
333779
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/22042
Subject
San Francisco (Steamship : 1853-1854)
Paddle steamers--19th century--Pictorial works
Steamboats--United States--Pictorial works
Passenger ships--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Ships--19th century--Pictorial works
Shipping--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--History--19th century
Shipping--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--History--19th century
Marine prints--19th century
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Illustrations
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection
Prints
Vessels
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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