Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs
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Description
This color postcard features a dark naval ship with two cage/lattice masts in a dry dock with buildings and smoke stacks to the left of the dry dock. The title along the top of the card reads "U. S. S. "Mississippi" in Dry Dock, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a Souvo Chrome Superior Quality postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.
Publication Date
1900
Subjects
Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships
Geographic Location
Philadelphia, PA
Object Type
image
Format (original)
Postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.S.-Mississippi-in-Dry-Dock-League_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