David Crockett Clipper Ship
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David Crockett Clipper Ship
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Painting - Painting
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Early trade card for "Coleman's California Line for San Francisco." The "Extreme Clipper Ship David Crockett" would take you to where a land of opportunity and maybe gold was. ca. 1858. Great graphic with a man riding a pair of crocodiles. Medium clipper ship built in 1853 by Greenman & Co., Mystic, CT, at a cost of $93.000. Dimensions 218'8"×41'×27' and tonnage 1547 tons. Rigged with double fore and main topsails, and three skysails. Later re-rigged as a barque in 1880s.
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November 28th, 2021
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