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Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's Steamer, "City of Peking."

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Dimensions at left of the title; hull and engine builder at right. Above title, in small print: Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York. On verso is a name and adrees in ink, and a notation in pencil. Focus of item: City of Peking.
Type
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Date
ca. 1875
Call number
priJHK 00899
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