Two Sailors Standing Beside a Five Inch Gun on a Ship

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features two sailors in dirty white uniforms standing near a five inch gun on the deck of a Navy ship. The sailor on the left is wearing a white hat and is staring downward at the gun. The sailor on the right is holding open the door on the gun and smiling at the camera with a smoking pipe in his mouth. A life preserver with "Utah" on the top half is secured to the deck railing behind the sailor on the right. The back of the postcard is partially cut off. The address and postage stamp directions indicate that the item is a postcard. A handwritten description is in the center of the card.

Publication Date

1921

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; United States. Navy--Ships; United States. Navy--Sailors

Geographic Location

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Two-Sailors-with-Machine_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.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University