Two Sailors in Dark Uniforms Smiling While Seated in the Boston Navy Yard

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Description

This sepia toned photograph features two sailors wearing dark uniforms seated on a metal box in the Boston Navy Yard. Both sailors are smiling. The sailor on the right is holding a cigarette in his left hand and his legs are stretched out in front of him with the sailor on the left has his arm wrapped around the. The sailor on the right also has his arm around the other sailor's shoulder. The back of the photograph identifies the photograph as being in the Boston Navy Yard in 1921.

Transcription

Boston Navy Yard 1921

Publication Date

4-4-1905

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

United States. Navy--Sailors

Geographic Location

Boston, MA

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Two-Sailors-Smiling_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