Title

United States Battleship "Virginia" on the Open Water

Authors

Files

Description

This color postcard features a large white naval ship on the open water. Three funnels/stacks are in the center of the ship and a mast is on each end of the ship. The title along the top of the card reads "1276--U. S. Battleship "Virginia." 812 Officers and men. Length 435 feet. Main Battery 24 guns." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information, as well as, indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right and the card is postmarked Bremerton, Washington, August 22, 1910.

Transcription

At the Navy Yard with Alfred. Your Bro [?]

Publication Date

8-22-1910

Publisher

Edward H. Mitchell

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Geographic Location

Bremerton, WA

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Battleship-Virginia-812-Officers-and-Men_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