Name/Title
Pacific Coast Steamship Company Shipping ReceiptEntry/Object ID
A0236.3.12Scope and Content
Pacific Coast Steamship Company shipping receipt for materials (unknown) shipped by Harbison & Dowling of Portland onboard the Steamer Orizaba from San Diego to San Francisco
Historic Note:
Pacific Coast Steamship Company (1877-1916), located in San Francisco was the dominant firm in the coastwise traffic along the West Coast of the US and to Alaska. The company originated as San Francisco Bay operation carrying water to ships in the harbor from springs in the upper reaches of the bay. The Pacific Coast SS Company proper began in 1877 and eventually attracted the attention of investors from the eastern US, but the intense competition that developed following the Alaska gold rush kept profits down, and the shareholders used the excuse of a fire on the company's largest ship in 1916 to sell the company to Hubbard F. Alexander, who merged it into his Admiral Line. [McMillian, Joe. "The House of Flags of U. S. Shipping Companies P." FOTW Flags of the World, (2007). http://flagspot.net/flags/us~hfpa.html#pacificcoastal (accessed January 21, 2009).]Collection
Historic Maritime Documents (18th - early 20th C) CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ReceiptNomenclature Sub-Class
Financial RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1719 - 1999