Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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Description

This color postcard features a naval battleship on the water that appears to be docked. The title along the top of the card reads "1279--U. S. Battleship "Kentucky." 686 Officers ad men. Length 368 feet. Main Battery 22 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 corner and the card is postmarked San Francisco, May 15, 1908. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Alex Percy in Gold Hill, Nevada.

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San Francisco 5-15-08. Mrs. Mary Percy: Gold Hill, Nev. Dear Aunt Mary. I suppose you received word from sister Bessie that we will call on you on or way home. We leave tomorrow the 16th and if we don't receive word from home we will be in G. Hill on Sunday. Yours Truly John Wyckoff

Publication Date

5-15-1908

Publisher

Edward H. Mitchell

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Geographic Location

San Francisco, CA

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Battleship-Kentucky-686-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.

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