A Navy Lifeboat Approaches a Sailboat With a Naval Ship In the Background

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Description

This color postcard features a small lifeboat approaching a sailboat while a large naval ship is in the background. The lifeboat appears to have a United States flag on it. The large naval ship has the number 29 on the bow. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard that was made in Nippon, Japan. Instructions are in Japanese characters in the upper left, the center, and along the right edge. The postage stamp box in the upper right corner is in the shape of a flower with Japanese characters in it.

Publication Date

1900

Subjects

Postcards

Geographic Location

Nippon, Japan

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Smaller-Ship-Approaching-Bigger-Ship_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