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Luggage Tag Pair, SF to NY Via Panama, SS Central America Treasure [161943]

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 900.00 USD
Luggage Tag Pair, SF to NY Via Panama, SS Central America Treasure [161943]
SOLD
1,100.00USDto R********3+ buyer's premium (220.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Mar 05 @ 12:16UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Lot of 2. These tags would have originated with the S.S. Sonora in San Francisco. The luggage would have been transferred to the S.S. Central America after its trip across the Isthmus at Panama on the Panama Railroad. The baggage aboard the ship used one tag and the other was retained by the passenger as a claim check to retrieve the luggage. Luggage tags on the return trip would have been designated as NY to San Fo. 1) A luggage tag with piece of original leather fob detached but included. #817 ìSan Fo to N.Y. via Panamaî Heart Shaped, 2î x 2î. Desalinated, stabilized, and fully legibl. 2) San Fo to N.Y./918/Via Panama. 1.75x1.75î. Brass is lightly degraded on surface.

Provenance: SS Central America Collection