"S. S. TEXAN"

photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
paper
overall: 11-7/8 x 17-5/8 in.; image: 8-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. (sight)

Photograph; albumen print matted with gray board; starboard view of S. S. TEXAN (built 1902); printed on left "RECORD PASSAGE/ New York to San Francisco,/ 13,129 Miles,/ 47 Days, 8 Hrs., 52 Min."; printed in center "S. S. TEXAN./ Loaded Displacement, 18,000 Tons./ AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN S. S. CO."; handwritten in center "Capt. Jos. F. Nichols"; printed on right "WORLD'S RECORD/ Continuous Long Distance Steaming,/ 14,086 Miles,/ Tacoma to Philadelphia."


2001.127.30

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