United States Ship Brooklyn on the Water

Authors

Files

Contributor

Hull, George P.

Description

This color postcard features a large naval ship with two pole masts and three funnels/stacks on the open water. A small boat is floating beside the ship and another ship is seen in the distance behind it. The image of an eagle in the center of two crossed United States flags is in the upper left corner. The title in the lower left reads "U. S. S. Brooklyn." Copyright information is in the lower right of the image. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address and postage stamp placement. An image of an eagle carrying a United States flag shield is in the upper left corner of the card.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Illustrated Postal Card Co.

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.S.-Brooklyn_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