Sailor on Ship Holding a Watermelon

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Description

This black and white photograph features a sailor wearing white uniform pants and a white hat holding a partially eaten watermelon while standing on a ship with the funnels/stacks seen behind him. The back of the photograph has the number 51 written in the center.

Publication Date

1900

Subjects

United States. Navy--Sailors

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Sailor-Eating-Watermelon-No-Shirt_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 reproduce is required.

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