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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Ship Sailing Cards: T-Z |
| Reference | MSS 470, box 10 |
| Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
| Collection | Clipper Ship Sailing Cards Collection |
| Date | 1857-1894 |
| Description | A selection of cards advertising the voyages of multiple ships. Information includes the name of the ship, the port of origin, its destination, the company, and the master of the ship. Sailing ship cards were printed to inform prospective passengers and freight shippers of a vessel's impending departure. |
| Document Type | Ephemera, Advertisement |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Advertising and Consumption |
| Keywords | freight, voyage, vessel, passengers, wharf, trade, cargo, shipping, merchant, clipper, postcard |
| Countries | USA; Australia |
| Places | California; Caribbean |
| Ports | San Francisco, USA; Melbourne, Australia; Boston, USA; Adelaide, Australia; Sydney, Australia |
| Ships | T L Sweat, Talisman, Tam O'Shanter, Tamana, Tanjore, Templar, Thalatta, Thatcher Magoun, Themis, Theresa, Tillie Baker, Titan, Tsar, Twilight, Tycoon, Undaunted, Union, Valley Forge, Veritas, Vesta, Vesta Veazie, Valparaiso, Victoria, Victorine, Vigilant, Vitula, Volunteer, Waimea, Wakefield, Walter Lord, War Hawk, Warrior, Washington, Washington Booth, Web Foot, Webster, Wellfleet, West Wind, Western Continent, Western Star, Whirlwind, Whistler, White Swallow, Wilbur Fisk, Wild Hunter, Wild Pigeon, Wild Rover, William, William Chamberlain, William H Prescott, William Hales, William M Peck, William Sprague, William Tell, William Wilcox, William Wirt, Windward, Winfield Scott, Winged Arrow, Winged Racer, Winifred, Witch of the Wave, Witchcraft, Wizard, Wizard King, Wylo, Xulla, Yarra Yarra, Yosemite, Young America, Young Mechanic, Zephyr, Zouave |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue. |
| Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
