Great Pictorial Romance,Steam Ship Commodores,U.S. Mail Contractors,1850

Title: The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & United States mail contractors
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Chas. F. Gildersleave, 17 William St., [185-]
Summary: American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled 'California mail balloon via Nicaragua,' with discussion among the characters about 'Johnson's patent gas' machine and their competition.
Notes:
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Balloons (Aircraft)--1850-1860.
Postal service--United States--1850-1860.
Mail steamers--American--1850-1860.
Contracts--1850-1860.
Lithographs--1850-1860.
Political cartoons--American--1850-1860.
Bookmark /2002722663/
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