Sierra Nevada Clipper sailing ship 1900 Postcard

Sierra Nevada Clipper sailing ship 1900 WM T Coleman & Co. William Tell Coleman (1824–1893) was an American pioneer in the settlement of California After opening a branch in New York City, Coleman established a steamship line between that city and San Francisco in 1856. In 1857 he moved to New York and conducted his business from that city until 1864. The period of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s. At the 'crest of the clipper wave' year of 1852, there were 200 clippers rounding Cape Horn. Up to 400 clipper ships were built, between 1840s to the early 1890 The only intact survivor is Cutty Sark, which was preserved as a museum ship in 1954 at Greenwich.