Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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Contributor

Muller, Enrique

Description

This color postcard features a ship's mast set into the ground with several sailor's in white uniforms climbing and/or standing on it while a naval officer in a dark blue uniform watches. The title in the upper left reads "U. S. Cadets. Yard and Rope Drill." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green postage stamp is in the upper right and the card is postmarked Danielson, Connecticut, June 28, 1911. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. Rae D. Wood in Wickford, Rhode Island.

Transcription

D. C. Wednesday June 28. 11 Your letter received yesterday. Bess has not worked the post two Saturday's so never received my letter until the 26. I address her letters Louis Stern and Co., Providence, R. I. Everything is O.K. Your father is excited for good weather to mow the grass.

Publication Date

6-28-1911

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Cadets-Yard-and-Rope-Drill_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.

United States Navy Cadets Participating on a Yard and Rope Drill on a Ship's Mast

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