Title

United States Ship Henderson on the Open Water

Authors

Files

Description

This sepia toned picture postcard features a naval ship on the open water. The ship bears two pole masts on either end of the ship, three center decks and one funnel/shack. The handwritten title in the lower center of the image reads "U. S. S. Henderson." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement. The card is inscribed but not addressed.

Transcription

Greetings from Aurthur L. Ship on which he came over from France Sept. 1919

Publication Date

1900

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

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

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.S.-Henderson_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