(CALIFORNIA) The Great Pictorial Romance of the Age or Steam

Sale 2352 - Lot 288

Price Realized: $ 138

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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300

(CALIFORNIA.) The Great Pictorial Romance of the Age, or Steam Ship Commodores & United States Mail Contractors. Lithograph, 17 x 22 inches; 4 short marginal tears, lacking a bit of the upper left corner. New York: Charles F. Gildersleave, [circa 1858]

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A satire on Cornelius Vanderbilt and the U.S. Mail Steamship Company's contracts to carry the California mail. The "California Mail Balloon via Nicaragua" is prominently featured.