Jacob Kahm steamboat collection
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Title: Maritime collection of early Oregon steamboat engineer Jacob Kahm
Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: Various dates
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An assortment of steamship blueprints, photographs, certificates, and maritime ephemera, includes an engineering formula book signed by Kahm.
Jacob Kahm (1823-1912) was an early Oregon steamboat pioneer on the Columbia River and its tributaries. He was the founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. (1878), the Vancouver Transportation Co., and other navigational concerns.
Comprises:
2 early brass and leather Vancouver Transportation baggage tags.
5 gelatin silver print photographs of steamships Undine and Lurline.
Blueprint for Lurline. 40x23".
8x10" photograph negative of Steamship Lurline built by Jacob Kahn.
2 b&w photographs of steamers mounted on board: Jessie Hapkins and Sarah [Donda?].
Blueprint for Taylor Water Tube Boiler. 17¼x29".
Blueprint for steamer Norma with gelatin silver print photograph. (Photograph somewhat curled).
34 gelatin silver reprints of photographs by Benjamin A. Gifford. (Imprint and captions in negative). Includes maritime and steamboat views and Native American portraits.
Broadside poster. Marine Record of Oregon by Frank J. Smith, 1917. (29x30½"). All Side and Sternwheelers on the Columbia River and its tributaries. (Tear at top edge).
Whiteprint of Locomotive Fire-Box Boiler for steamer Lurline. 20x31".
Whiteprint detail from a steamship design. Untitled. 18½x33½".
1882 Daily Oregonian classified advertisement for Lurline and Vancouver steamers from the Vancouver Transportation Co.
Map of Columbia River route, c. 1890.
Blueprint of a sketch showing O.R. and N. River routes with location of landings, c. 1890. 17½x21").
4 passenger steamer inspection certificates stamped and signed: Norma (1892), Lurline (1898), Lurline (1899), Undine (1899).
Blueprint map of Union Pacific System Lines of Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. 18x23".
Whiteprint for rudder stocks of steamship Lurline, 1899. 18x13".
Pocketbook of Useful Formulae and Memoranda for Civil and Mechanichal Engineers by Guilford L Molesworth. 6th Edition. Ownership signature of Jacob Kahm on title page dated 1865).
Baggage checks.
Condition Report: Condition varies with blueprints somewhat tattered and torn at edges; good to very good.
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Heading: (Steamboats)
Author:
Title: Maritime collection of early Oregon steamboat engineer Jacob Kahm
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:
An assortment of steamship blueprints, photographs, certificates, and maritime ephemera, includes an engineering formula book signed by Kahm.
Jacob Kahm (1823-1912) was an early Oregon steamboat pioneer on the Columbia River and its tributaries. He was the founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. (1878), the Vancouver Transportation Co., and other navigational concerns.
Comprises:
2 early brass and leather Vancouver Transportation baggage tags.
5 gelatin silver print photographs of steamships Undine and Lurline.
Blueprint for Lurline. 40x23".
8x10" photograph negative of Steamship Lurline built by Jacob Kahn.
2 b&w photographs of steamers mounted on board: Jessie Hapkins and Sarah [Donda?].
Blueprint for Taylor Water Tube Boiler. 17¼x29".
Blueprint for steamer Norma with gelatin silver print photograph. (Photograph somewhat curled).
34 gelatin silver reprints of photographs by Benjamin A. Gifford. (Imprint and captions in negative). Includes maritime and steamboat views and Native American portraits.
Broadside poster. Marine Record of Oregon by Frank J. Smith, 1917. (29x30½"). All Side and Sternwheelers on the Columbia River and its tributaries. (Tear at top edge).
Whiteprint of Locomotive Fire-Box Boiler for steamer Lurline. 20x31".
Whiteprint detail from a steamship design. Untitled. 18½x33½".
1882 Daily Oregonian classified advertisement for Lurline and Vancouver steamers from the Vancouver Transportation Co.
Map of Columbia River route, c. 1890.
Blueprint of a sketch showing O.R. and N. River routes with location of landings, c. 1890. 17½x21").
4 passenger steamer inspection certificates stamped and signed: Norma (1892), Lurline (1898), Lurline (1899), Undine (1899).
Blueprint map of Union Pacific System Lines of Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. 18x23".
Whiteprint for rudder stocks of steamship Lurline, 1899. 18x13".
Pocketbook of Useful Formulae and Memoranda for Civil and Mechanichal Engineers by Guilford L Molesworth. 6th Edition. Ownership signature of Jacob Kahm on title page dated 1865).
Baggage checks.
Condition Report: Condition varies with blueprints somewhat tattered and torn at edges; good to very good.
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