DescriptionNorth American Steamship Company flyer.jpg
English: North American Steamship Company (NASC) flyer.
Ships: Guiding Star, Santiago de Cuba, Dakota, Araco. Oregonian, Nebraska, Nevada, America.
OPPOSITION TO MONOPOLY. THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA VIA PANAMA RAIL ROAD... Wood engraved ill. Single sheet measuring 5 x 8 1/4 inches, printed both sides in red. “Touching at Manzanillo. Sailing at Noon from Pier 46, North River.” The flyer goes on to list four steamships running the Atlantic side of the route, and four running the pacific side. Filled out in manuscript on the verso. The “Santiago de Cuba” and the “Oregonian” depart New York June 5, 1868. The “Guiding Star” and the “Nebraska” do the Pacific leg, departing June 20, 1868. Ticket prices range from $125 first class to $40 third class. With the manuscript notation, “No fever on the Isthmus now.”
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