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Title Ship Sailing Cards: S
Reference MSS 470, box 9
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; New Zealand
Places California
Ports San Francisco, USA; Melbourne, Australia; Boston, USA; Adelaide, Australia; Sydney, Australia; New York, USA; Hong Kong, China
Ships S C Grant, S R Bearse, S R Lyman, Sachem, Sacramento, St Charles, St John Smith, St Joseph, St Louis, St Nicholas, San G Glover, Sampson, Samuel Appleton, Samuel D Carleton, Samuel H Nickerson, Samuel Lawrence, Sancho Panza, Santa Claus, Sapphire, Saracen , Sarah, Sarah Scott, Sattara, Saturn, Sea King, Sea Lark, Sea Nymph, Sea Serpent, Seaman's Bride, Seminole, Semiramis, Shatemuc, Shenandoah, Shirley, Shooting Star, Sierra Nevada, Silas Fish, Simoda, Sky Lark, Smyrniote, Snow Squall, Solomon, Sonoma, Sooloo, Sophia, South America, Southern Cross, Southern Eagle, Sovereign of the Seas, Sparkling Wave, Spitfire, Sprite, Star of Hope, Star of the East, Star of the Union, Starlight, Stars and Stripes, Statsminster Selmer, Sterling, Storm King, Success, Sumatra, Sunshine, Sunrise, Surprise, Susan Fearing, Susan Howland, Sussex, Swallow, Sword Fish, Syren
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