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Steam-Ship Quaker City

Object summary

Title
Steam-Ship Quaker City
Object ID
CC-D-0054
Date made
1854-1900
Place made

United States, New York

Maker
Giles, J. L.
Macoy & Herwig
Object type
Lithograph
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

Portrait of the steam ship Quaker City when she was used on the Mail Line.

"Steam-Ship Quaker City, 1800 tons. Regular U. S. Mail Line. Between New York & Charleston. W. H. West, Commander"

Inscriptions

Type
graphite
Location
lower left margin
Inscriber
Clark, Arthur H.
Text
"This ship carried the Innocents Abroad"

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