File:Oceanic Steamship Company ad 1889.jpg

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DescriptionOceanic Steamship Company ad 1889.jpg	English: "Covering the Pacific Ocean: Advertisement of the Oceanic Steamship Company, 1889"
Date	1889
Source	J. D. Spreckels & Bros. (1889). Ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Puget Sound, Portland, and Honolulu. San Francisco: William C. Brown. p. 62. OCLC 1001866700. Reprinted with wrong title in Spiekermann, Uwe (2018). "Expanding the frontier(s): The Spreckels family and the German-American penetration of the Pacific, 1870–1920". In Berghoff, Hartmut; Biess, Frank; Strasser, Ulrike (eds.). Explorations and Entanglements: Germans in Pacific Worlds from the Early Modern Period to World War I. Berghahn Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-78920-029-4.
Author	J. D. Spreckels & Bros

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current	23:41, 30 December 2025	1,101 × 2,030 (2.03 MB)	Viriditas	Reverted to version as of 22:49, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
	23:38, 30 December 2025	347 × 643 (378 KB)	Viriditas	That did not seem to work for some reason. Will investigate.
	22:49, 30 December 2025	1,101 × 2,030 (2.03 MB)	Viriditas	Tonal balance, slight color compensation, deeper blacks
	01:48, 6 September 2025	347 × 643 (378 KB)	Viriditas	{{Information \|Description={{en\|Oceanic Steamship Company advertisement}} \|Source=J. D. Spreckels & Bros. (1889). ''Ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Puget Sound, Portland, and Honolulu''. San Francisco: William C. Brown. p. 62. {{OCLC\|1001866700}}. *Reprinted with wrong title in Spiekermann, Uwe (2018). [https://chooser.crossref.org/?doi=10.2307%2Fj.ctvw04ksk.12 "Expanding the frontier(s): The Spreckels family and the German-American penetration of the Pacific, 1870–1920"]. In Berghoff, Har...