Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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This black and white picture postcard features two sailors wearing dirty white uniforms while standing on a deck with their arms around each other's shoulders. The sailor on the left is wearing a white hat and the sailor on the right has a smoking pipe in his mouth. The back of the postcard is partially cut off. The "Post" and "Correspondence" are the only identifiers remaining. The card is described as Guantanamo, Cuba in January 1920.

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January 1920 Guantanamo, Cuba

Publication Date

4-3-1905

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; United States. Nav--Sailors

Geographic Location

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Two-Sailors-in-White_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Naval Battleship Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Two Sailors in Dirty White Uniforms on the Deck of a Ship

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