Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
This label was on a can of Atlantic Ocean water that accompanied a small trunk shipped across the country by Henry Thurston Clark in 1873.
It reads: " can [words missing] with water of [words missing] harbor of Halifax [missing] emptied into San Franc [rest missing] harbor, then refilled with w[rest missing] water of the Pacific Ocean and emptied into the Atlantic Ocean at Halifax Sept. 1873"
About This Item
- Title: Atlantic Ocean water label, 1873
- Creator: Henry Thurston Clark
- Creation Date: 1873
- Subject Date: 1873
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Locations:
- San Francisco, CA
- Halifax, NS, Canada
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4258
- Collection: Henry Thurston Clark papers in trunk
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Central Pacific Railroad Company
- Correspondence
- Delivery of goods
- Gifts
- Letters
- Luggage
- Manuscripts
- Railroad employees
- Seawater
- Shipment of goods
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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