Title

United States Armored Cruiser "Tennessee"

Authors

Files

Description

This color postcard features a naval cruiser with four funnels/stacks in the center on the open water. The title along the top of the card reads "1285--U. S. Armored Cruiser "Tennessee." 750 Officers and men. Length 502 feet. Main Battery 20 guns." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed sideways in the upper right corner. The card is postmarked twice--once for Los Angeles, California May 11, 1908 and once in La Farge, Wisconsin May 15, 1908. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Alveda Sandigerd in La Farge, Wisconsin.

Publication Date

5-11-1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Armored-Cruiser-"Tennessee"_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