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PICKFORD & BLACK S.S. CO.

DAHOME

Little is known about her. She was built in 1890 and acquired by Pickford & Black in 1898. She
grossed 2470 tons and had capacity for 40 x 1st class and 20 x 2 class passengers. She served until 1911.

PICKFORD & BLACK
STEAMSHIP CO.
Limited
Between St John, N. B.,
Halifax, N. S.,
and
West India Islands and
Demerara
Steamers “OCAMO,” “ORURO,” “SOBO ” “DA-
HOME” sail every twelve days for Demerara, calling
at Bermuda, Barbados and Trinidad and every twenty
four days for St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Domin­
ica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent.
The above trip occupies about thirty-eight days and
makes a delightful Winter excursion.

Halifax & West India Steamship Co.
Steamships “BOSTON & “AMANDA”
Leave Halifax, N. S., every two weeks for Santiago,
Cuba, and Kingston, Jamaica.
“BOSTON” also calls at Turks Island.
All information on application to Agents through­
out the Islands or
PICKFORD & BLACK
Managing Owners. Halifax. N. S..
or Thos. Cook & Sons, 245 Broadway, New York.

Photocopy of an advertisement for alternative 38 day excursions to Demerara, the first via
Bermuda, Barbados and Trinidad, the second via the Leeward and Windward Islands.

An envelope addressed to Port of Spain in Trinidad which was nominated to go on the Dahome.
The cover was franked with a Dominica Id adhesive paying the Imperial letter rate which was cancelled
there on 4th December 1898. The cover was back stamped in Port of Spain three days later on the 7th.