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Title Ship Sailing Cards: P-R
Reference MSS 470, box 8
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; China
Places California
Ports San Francisco, USA; Melbourne, Australia; Boston, USA; Adelaide, Australia; Sydney, Australia
Ships Pactolus, Panama, Panay, Panther, Paramatta, Paramount, Parsee, Parthenia, Patrick Henry, Paul, Pauline, Pearl, Peerless, Pekin, Penobscot, Perry Edward, Peruvian, Pharos, Pilgrim, Pocahontas, Polynesia, Prima Donna, Princess, Punjaub, Puritan, Pursuit, Queen of the East, Queen of the Pacific, Queen of the Seas, R B Forbes, R Robinson, Racer, Radiant, Raduga, Ralph M Hayward, Rambler, Rangoon, Rattler, Red Rover, Redgauntlet, Renown, Reporter, Reunion, Reynard, Richard Busteed, Richard S Ely, Ringdove, Ringleader, Rising Sun, Rival, Robin Hood, Romance of the Sea, Roswell Sprague, Royal Saxon, Ruby, Russell
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