?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN DAILY LINE / PORTLAND & BOSTON STEAMERS. Circa 1890. 21 3/4x14 inches, 55 1/4x38 cm. Rand Avery Supply Co., Boston. Condition B+: minor losses in image; minor staining in margins and image. The Portland was one of the most luxurious ships to ply the Boston-Maine route in the last decade of the 19th century. This night-boat went down with all hands in a major storm in 1898. "The wooden-hulled paddle wheel steamship Portland measured 291 feet in total length with a maximum breadth of 68 feet. Built in 1889 by the New England Shipbuilding Company of Bath, Maine, the steamer was one of New England's largest and most luxurious side paddle wheel steamships, accommodating up to 800 passengers. For nearly 10 years Portland connected Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine for the Portland Steam Packet Company (later renamed the Portland Steamship Company) . . . [the] Portland carried thousands of passengers and tons of cargo along the New England coast and earned the reputation as a safe and dependable steamer." (http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/maritime/portland.html)
