Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs
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Description
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.
Transcription
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)
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
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Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.
Recommended Citation
Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University