A guide to the Thomas Judson postcard collection, 1878-1935

Item No. 01. Calawaii (built 1893; passenger vessel) docked, port bow view, 1922-1923

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in. Addressed on the verso to "Mr. Thomas Judson, Chief Radio Operator, S.S. Sonoma, Honolulu." Correspondence has been crossed out. Postmarked February 23, 1923.

Item No. 02. Calawaii (built 1893; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1922-1933

Creator/Collector: Curt Teich & Co.

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 color letterpress halftone postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Calawaii. Most popular cabin liner on Pacific. All staterooms on the outside." On the verso: "Hawaii direct from Los Angeles / Over the Southern Route. Fortnightly Sailings. Giant Liners. Highest Standards of Service / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 03. City of Honolulu (built 1900; passenger vessel) underway off Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, starboard broadside view, 1926-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "S.S. City of Honolulu."

Item No. 04. City of Los Angeles (built 1899; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1922-1932

Creator/Collector: Curt Teich & Co.

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 color letterpress halftone postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. City of Los Angeles, queen of the Pacific / Largest first class passenger carrying steamship in the Hawaiian service." On the verso: "Hawaii direct from Los Angeles / Over the Southern Route. Fortnightly Sailings. Giant Liners. Highest Standards of Service / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 05. City of Para (built 1878; passenger vessel) in drydock, port bow view, 1878-1924

Extent: 1 photograph.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic print, 2.75 x 4.5 in.

Item No. 06. City of Para (built 1878; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1878-1924

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, hand colored, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Item No. 07. Dorothy Alexander (built 1907; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1923-1935

Creator/Collector: Scenic Photo Publishing Company

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "Dorothy Alexander / Pacific Steamship Co."

Item No. 08. Empress of Asia (built 1912; passenger vessel) anchored off of Japan, port bow view, 1913-1935

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color collotype postcard, 3.5 x 5.5. in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "'Empress of Asia' in Japanese waters."

Item No. 09. Harvard (built 1907; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1920-1931

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are triple-screw, 12,000 horsepower turbine sister steamships, providing de luxe passenger service between the ports of San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego / The furnishings, appointments and service on these two palatial coastwise steamships are unsurpassed. / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 10. Manchuria (built 1904; passenger vessel) underway leaving New York Harbor, starboard broadside view, 1904-1928

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 black-and-white collotype postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Manchuria leaving New York Harbor." On the verso: "Panama Pacific Line / S.S. 'Manchuria' / Displacement, 26,700 tons / Length 616 feet Breadth, 65 feet / Express Service / to and from / New York and California Ports / via Havana, Cuba and the Panama Canal / Regular Sailings."

Item No. 11. Oaxaca (built 1918; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, circa 1925-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

West Coast Transportation Company vessel.

Item No. 12. San Juan (built 1882; passenger vessel) underway, view slightly off the starboard bow, 1882-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Photographed by J.J.P. (full name not known).

Caption: "Vapor Americano 'San Juan.' Acapulco, Gro."

Item No. 13. Venezuela (built 1915; passenger vessel) underway at Acapulco, Mexico, port bow view, 1915-1931

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 black-and-white photographic postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Item No. 14. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway at the Los Angeles Harbor breakwater, California, starboard broadside view, 1920-1935

Creator/Collector: Neuner (Firm)

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Three people are seated in the foreground, watching the vessel pass.

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Yale rounding breakwater of Los Angeles Harbor en route to San Francisco." On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are super-express, triple-screw, 12,000 horse-power turbine-engined, sister steamships providing unsurpassed passenger service between the ports of San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego / Owned and operated by Los Angeles Steamship Company."

Item No. 15. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1920-1935

Creator/Collector: Time-Mirror Printing & Binding House

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Illustration.

Caption: On the front: "S.S. YALE rounding breakwater of Los Angeles Harbor en route to San Francisco." On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are super-express, triple-screw, 12,000 horse-power turbine-engined, sister steamships providing unsurpassed passenger service between the ports of San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego / Owned and operated by Los Angeles Steamship Company."

Item No. 16. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway, view slightly off the starboard bow, 1920-1935

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "S.S. Yale."

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Item No. 01. Calawaii (built 1893; passenger vessel) docked, port bow view, 1922-1923

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in. Addressed on the verso to "Mr. Thomas Judson, Chief Radio Operator, S.S. Sonoma, Honolulu." Correspondence has been crossed out. Postmarked February 23, 1923.

Item No. 02. Calawaii (built 1893; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1922-1933

Creator/Collector: Curt Teich & Co.

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 color letterpress halftone postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Calawaii. Most popular cabin liner on Pacific. All staterooms on the outside." On the verso: "Hawaii direct from Los Angeles / Over the Southern Route. Fortnightly Sailings. Giant Liners. Highest Standards of Service / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 03. City of Honolulu (built 1900; passenger vessel) underway off Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, starboard broadside view, 1926-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "S.S. City of Honolulu."

Item No. 04. City of Los Angeles (built 1899; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1922-1932

Creator/Collector: Curt Teich & Co.

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 color letterpress halftone postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. City of Los Angeles, queen of the Pacific / Largest first class passenger carrying steamship in the Hawaiian service." On the verso: "Hawaii direct from Los Angeles / Over the Southern Route. Fortnightly Sailings. Giant Liners. Highest Standards of Service / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 05. City of Para (built 1878; passenger vessel) in drydock, port bow view, 1878-1924

Extent: 1 photograph.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic print, 2.75 x 4.5 in.

Item No. 06. City of Para (built 1878; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1878-1924

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, hand colored, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Item No. 07. Dorothy Alexander (built 1907; passenger vessel) underway, port broadside view, 1923-1935

Creator/Collector: Scenic Photo Publishing Company

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "Dorothy Alexander / Pacific Steamship Co."

Item No. 08. Empress of Asia (built 1912; passenger vessel) anchored off of Japan, port bow view, 1913-1935

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color collotype postcard, 3.5 x 5.5. in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "'Empress of Asia' in Japanese waters."

Item No. 09. Harvard (built 1907; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1920-1931

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are triple-screw, 12,000 horsepower turbine sister steamships, providing de luxe passenger service between the ports of San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego / The furnishings, appointments and service on these two palatial coastwise steamships are unsurpassed. / Los Angeles Steamship Co."

Item No. 10. Manchuria (built 1904; passenger vessel) underway leaving New York Harbor, starboard broadside view, 1904-1928

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 black-and-white collotype postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Manchuria leaving New York Harbor." On the verso: "Panama Pacific Line / S.S. 'Manchuria' / Displacement, 26,700 tons / Length 616 feet Breadth, 65 feet / Express Service / to and from / New York and California Ports / via Havana, Cuba and the Panama Canal / Regular Sailings."

Item No. 11. Oaxaca (built 1918; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, circa 1925-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

West Coast Transportation Company vessel.

Item No. 12. San Juan (built 1882; passenger vessel) underway, view slightly off the starboard bow, 1882-1930

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Photographed by J.J.P. (full name not known).

Caption: "Vapor Americano 'San Juan.' Acapulco, Gro."

Item No. 13. Venezuela (built 1915; passenger vessel) underway at Acapulco, Mexico, port bow view, 1915-1931

Extent: 1 postcard (2 physical forms).

Physical Description: 2 black-and-white photographic postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Item No. 14. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway at the Los Angeles Harbor breakwater, California, starboard broadside view, 1920-1935

Creator/Collector: Neuner (Firm)

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Three people are seated in the foreground, watching the vessel pass.

Caption: On the front: "S.S. Yale rounding breakwater of Los Angeles Harbor en route to San Francisco." On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are super-express, triple-screw, 12,000 horse-power turbine-engined, sister steamships providing unsurpassed passenger service between the ports of San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego / Owned and operated by Los Angeles Steamship Company."

Item No. 15. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway, starboard broadside view, 1920-1935

Creator/Collector: Time-Mirror Printing & Binding House

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 color letterpress halftone postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Illustration.

Caption: On the front: "S.S. YALE rounding breakwater of Los Angeles Harbor en route to San Francisco." On the verso: "S.S. Yale and S.S. Harvard are super-express, triple-screw, 12,000 horse-power turbine-engined, sister steamships providing unsurpassed passenger service between the ports of San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego / Owned and operated by Los Angeles Steamship Company."

Item No. 16. Yale (built 1906; passenger vessel) underway, view slightly off the starboard bow, 1920-1935

Extent: 1 postcard.

Physical Description: 1 black-and-white photographic postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Caption: "S.S. Yale."