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189941042Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co. n.d. ca 1899. 1899. First edition. 7 3/4" x 4" in colorful pictorial wrapper. Rear wrapper missing. 32 pp. including front wrapper. Illustrations. Maps. Schedules. "Founded in Baltimore in 1852 to operate a cargo and passenger steamship line between Baltimore and Boston Mass. The service initially operated with two wooden hulled side wheelers but in 1859 built two iron hulled steamers to augment services and extended services to call at Providence Rhode Island. Services were disrupted by the American Civil War but resumed in 1864. After a period of decline after the war the company slowly recovered and by 1869 were able to order a new ship. Further ships were built in the 1870s and in 1876 the Baltimore & Savannah SS Co. was purchased which allowed the company to enter the cotton trade between Savannah Charleston and New York. The company expanded in the 1880s and added several new ports of call including Newport News and Norfolk to their routes. In 1900 a Philadelphia - Savannah service was started and in 1907 the Winsor Line of Philadelphia was purchased with their fleet of seven steamers. A new route between Baltimore and Jacksonville commenced in 1909 and in 1920 a service was initiated to Havana Cuba but this was discontinued after about a year. A service to Nassau Bahamas started in 1939 but on the entry of the United Stated into World War II in 1941 most of the company's ships were requisitioned for war duty. Limited services continued but after the war it was not considered financially viable to re-purchase ships which had been sold to the Government or to build new ships and in 1948 it was decided to cease trading. The company was officially liquidated in 1952." Pamphlet includes overview of the company; information about places along the route to include Chesapeake Bay Old Point Comfort Fort Monroe Hampton Hampton Roads and Norfolk; general information about the ships and officers; information about what one can expect while sailing; information on various rooms aboard the ship to include the Social Hall the Saloon the Companionway and Staterooms and the Culinary Department. List of running times between various ports 11 pages of deck plans for the various ships schedules list of fleet ships and their Commanders and rates of fare. Illustrations throughout most shaded in blue and with 2 pages of color illustrations. At center is a double-page system map colored in yellow and with the routes in red. 3 small maps 3 3/4" x 1 3/4" showing their Boston line Providence line Savannah line Newport News and Norfolk line. Staples rusted and center page disbound along with small crease to top corner of front wrapper and first few pages and tiny crease to bottom corner of one page. A. Hoen & Co., n.d. [ca 1899]. unknown
188244390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown
1890185951890. Albumen photograph 19th century depicting African American men working in a quarry or mining environment with direct relevance to the study of labor organization race relations and industrial development in the post-emancipation United States. The image shows a large group of Black laborers positioned among rock formations several holding tools such as hammers and shovels indicating active participation in extractive work. Interspersed within the scene are white men women and children including a prominently placed well-dressed man at the center suggesting supervisory or ownership roles and reflecting the racial hierarchy characteristic of labor systems in this period. The composition captures both the physical conditions of industrial labor and the social structure of mixed-race work environments that emerged in the decades following the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Albumen photograph measuring approximately 8 x 6 inches mounted on cardstock. The scene includes two small shacks and a buckwagon in the background situating the group within a temporary or semi-permanent industrial site. The arrangement of figures tools and built elements provides visual context for quarry or mining operations and the organization of labor at such sites.<br /> <br /> Mount with soiling and wear including small tears; photograph with minor surface abrasions but image remains clear; overall very good condition. A detailed visual record of African American labor in a nineteenth-century industrial setting documenting both work practices and social dynamics. unknown
18994090VA: ORIGINAL ARCHIVE 1899. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE. 14 X 4 1/4 Inch Binder. Very good ledger marked "The Property of C. Kirwan 1st Officer S.S. Chatham" leather spine over marbled paper boards with approximately 150 pages with roughly 66 used. The front end page and page one are detached. Memorandum of Work and Repairs on S.S. Chatham 1899; Cubic feet of boats and life rafts; 8 pages repairs 1899-1901; passenger list 50 pages with approximately 1500 passenger names in manuscript. Savannah to Baltimore and return. ACCOMPANIED BY: merchant & Miners Transportation Co. Pass 1918 - issued to Capt. C. Kirwan Master - Signed by "J.H. Jenkins" president 2 1/2 X 4 Inches. WITH: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Identification Card No. 599. C. Kirwan Captain. S.S. Suwannee M & M T Co. Signed "C. Kirwan & M.J. Doyle." 2 1/2X 4 1/6 Inches. WITH: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. 1918 Pass. Captain Clarence Kerwin S.S. Howard. On all piers at N News VA. Issued to and Signed by L.G. Spengler 2 1/2 X 4 Inches. WITH: U.S. Customs Service. Port of Baltimore. Pass to Piers Waterfront or Vessel. Issued to and Signed by Surveyor of Customs. Issued to: Clarence Kirwan. With Photograph attached. 3 X 5 Inches. WITH: Phila. Balto. & Wash. R.R. Co. Baltimore Division - P.R.R. 1917 Permit Bearer to Pass Guards at Canto Piers and Elevator. Sgined: "L.C. Frederick." 2 1/2 X 3 13/16 Inches. WITH: United States Department of Commerce Steamboat Inspection Service. License to Master of Steam and Motor Vessels. Issued to Clarence Kirwan Baltimore Md. 1933. Signed. Printed and manuscript. Includes: Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico and waters surrounding the West Indies First class pilot on Chesapeake Bay and tributaries & c. 8 X 10 5/16 Inches. . Engraved form with embellishments including vignette of steamship. WITH: TLS. 1915. Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. To Kirwan congratulations for rescuing the crew of the ill fated Steamship Colorado. WITH: TLS. 1916. Department of Commerce. Steamboat Inspection Service Jacksonville Florida. To Kirwan Steamer Suwannee. Charges of damge to reaft and vessel on the St. John's River. WITH: 13 TLS. 3 ALS 2 TL 8 pieces: Names of wharfs and other docking points Bell Rock Three Trees Sandy Pt. Gloucester Pt.; etc. WITH: Photograph. Ship Suwannee 6 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. - Monunted on stiff board. Some foxing. Edge of board chipped. WITH: Photograph. Ship "T.P.A." Convention Savannah Ga. may 17 1902 3 7/8 X 5 1/2 Inche mounted on stiff board - Some foxing. Wilson Photo 14. WITH: Photograph. Ship "T.P.A." Convention Savannah Ga. May 17 1905 4 5/8 X 6 1/2 Inches. - Mounted on stiff board. Lightly soiled. Wilson Photo 15. WITH: Photograph.Ship. Wreck of M. & M.T. Co. SS "Chatham" Mouth of St. John's River FLa. 3/20/10.<br /> <br /> A very nice archive overall. ORIGINAL ARCHIVE unknown
