Add to ORKGPhotograph of the Ancon, a paddlewheel (or side wheel) steamer and sister to the Orizaba, at the 5th Street Wharf, San Diego bay, ca.1885. Parked nearby the steamer are other similar-sized ships with their sails down. The water is calm. Picture file card reads: "Sister ships -- Ancon (8283) & Orizoba (11953) P.C.S.S. Co. Built in New York in 1855. 894 tons, 240 feet long, beam 34 feet, depth 15 feet. 500 horse powered engine. Came through straits of Magellan in 1856. Name of line changed to Pacific Mail Navigation Co. in 1881. Orizoba broken up in 1887. Ancon lasted 2 years longer. In 1887, all Pacific Mail ships changed to screw propeller and iron hull"
Photograph of painting of the Ameilia near the shore of an island, ca.1880-1890. At center, the larg...
Two steamboats at the Ashland Coal Works, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. B...
Photograph of the Matson-LASSCO steamships Lurline and Mariposa moored at Berth 158 at the Port of L...
Photograph of side wheel steamer Orziba near a dock or harbor, ca.1885. At center, a large ship is s...
Photograph of painting of the Orizaba, a side wheel steamer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, ...
Photograph of a half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, ...
Photograph of a view of the Old Steamship Wharf (or Fifth Street Wharf?) at foot of 5th Street, San ...
Photograph of a drawing of the "San Diego Pacific Coast Steamship Co." landing, at the foot of Broad...
From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., w...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.Gems of California sc...
Sidewheel steam packet boat Sandy Valley, ca. 1900. image in black and white. Date is approximate. T...
Photograph of a view of the San Diego Harbor at the foot of Seventh Street, showing the Pacific Stea...
Photograph of several passenger ships moored in Los Angeles Harbor, September 5, 1931. A wide channe...
Photograph of Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island showing the steamer "Hermosa", ca.1890. The ste...
Photograph of a view of Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island, showing docked steamers and other bo...
Photograph of painting of the Ameilia near the shore of an island, ca.1880-1890. At center, the larg...
Two steamboats at the Ashland Coal Works, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. B...
Photograph of the Matson-LASSCO steamships Lurline and Mariposa moored at Berth 158 at the Port of L...
Photograph of side wheel steamer Orziba near a dock or harbor, ca.1885. At center, a large ship is s...
Photograph of painting of the Orizaba, a side wheel steamer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, ...
Photograph of a half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, ...
Photograph of a view of the Old Steamship Wharf (or Fifth Street Wharf?) at foot of 5th Street, San ...
Photograph of a drawing of the "San Diego Pacific Coast Steamship Co." landing, at the foot of Broad...
From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., w...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.Gems of California sc...
Sidewheel steam packet boat Sandy Valley, ca. 1900. image in black and white. Date is approximate. T...
Photograph of a view of the San Diego Harbor at the foot of Seventh Street, showing the Pacific Stea...
Photograph of several passenger ships moored in Los Angeles Harbor, September 5, 1931. A wide channe...
Photograph of Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island showing the steamer "Hermosa", ca.1890. The ste...
Photograph of a view of Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island, showing docked steamers and other bo...
Photograph of painting of the Ameilia near the shore of an island, ca.1880-1890. At center, the larg...
Two steamboats at the Ashland Coal Works, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. B...
Photograph of the Matson-LASSCO steamships Lurline and Mariposa moored at Berth 158 at the Port of L...