Great Southern Freight Line / via / Savannah, / And Through without change of Cars, / To all points in the South & South-West. / Four Steamers a Week / Sailing Every / Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday / [followed by a cut of a period steamship (1 ½ x 3 ¼ inches), 36 lines of text giving the names of 9 steamships, their captains, their pier berth, sailing dates in August and September, and personal or company names for their agents, and a final three lines of text concerning through bills of lading and tickets to “All Points in the South, and South-West, and Florida Ports.”

[New York]: nd [ca. 1870]. Broadside, 13 7/8 x 6 ½ inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, printed in red and blue, “Savannah” in the title printed in red and larger capitals, the names of the ships printed in red, the cut in blue. The steamships advertised here included the “Leo” and “Virgo” of the Murray, Ferris & Co. line, the “Gen. Barnes” and “H. Livingston” of the Livingston, Fox & Co. line, the “Magnolia” and “San Salvador” of the Wm. R. Garrison line, and the “Catherine Whiting,” “Montgomery,” and “Huntsville” of the R. Lowden line. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Old fold line, some pencil notations in margins, else very good. A striking exhibition broadside. Item #65997

Price: $850.00