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The United States STeam Ship Baltic 3,000 Tons, 1000 Horse Power
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: lithograph
Maker: Endicott & Co.; Menger, Louis R.; Parsons, Charles
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Date made: 1855
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 20 in x 26 1/4 in
Nomenclature: steamships; American; mail steamships
Classification: ship portraits
CC-T-0066
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: lithograph
Maker: Endicott & Co.; Menger, Louis R.; Parsons, Charles
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Date made: 1855
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 20 in x 26 1/4 in
Nomenclature: steamships; American; mail steamships
Classification: ship portraits
A port-broadside view of the mail steamship 'Baltic.' She was part of the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamers line established by E. K. Collins, Esq. in 1850. She has one large smokestack and two masts. A British ensign flies on her foremast and the US flag flies at her stern.
CC-T-0066