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Up for sale is a rare, original late-19th-century passenger accommodation chart and deck plan for the **SS \"City of Chicago\"**, operated by the historic **Inman Line** (Line of Mail Steamers). This authentic paper artifact features highly detailed cabin layouts, stateroom numbers, and table configurations for the Saloon Deck and Upper Deck. The ship itself had a notable and brief history, famously running aground and wrecking off the coast of Ireland in 1892, making surviving ephemera from this specific vessel quite scarce. **Handwritten Provenance:**
The top of the plan features vintage handwritten ink notation dating it to \"June 19th, \'07/\'08\", indicating it was safely saved and kept as a personal travel memento long after the ship\'s demise. **Condition Notes (Please Read Before purchasing
* **The plan is entirely split into four (4) separate, detached panels.**
* The separations occurred directly along the clean, original vertical fold lines.
* The paper shows natural age-toning, minor fraying along the edges, and minor creasing as pictured.
* No household tape or crude repairs have been applied, preserving the integrity of the antique paper for professional archival restoration or framing.
* Despite being in pieces, all text, cabin numbers, and map illustrations remain perfectly
legible and clear. This would make an incredible framing candidate for a maritime history collector, as placing the pieces close together inside a single mat display completely masks the splits.
