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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 161 Pearl Group [154011]

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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 161 Pearl Group [154011]
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Lot of 4 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow directories, the company operated here from 1862-64. All cards with vignettes and printed by Nesbitt & Co. 1) Ship "Shooting Star," Drinkwater, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with vignette of ship at sea. 6.5 x 4" Creases, tape repair, and some soiling. 2) Ship "Rangoon," AP Boyd, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with vignette of multiple ships in a harbor. 6.5 x 4" Very large creases incl. tape repair, some paper loss, staining. 3) Ship "Norway," Coombs, Commander. Purple border, red and purple print, with B&W vignette of two well-dressed women in tiny boat with clipper ship in the background. Creases, discoloration. 4) Ship "Live Oak," WO Alden, Commander. Black border, red and black print, with interesting large vignette of Native American hunting a bear with a bow and arrow and clipper ships off the coast. Very large deep crease, some discoloration._x000D_
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William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion "Borax" Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection

Date: c.1862-64
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State: California
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