Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs
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Description
This color postcard features a naval ship in a dry dock with buildings seen behind it. The title along the bottom of the card reads "1192 Dry Dock Puget Sound Naval Station Washington." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence placement and instructions for the type of postage stamp to use. A green one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Silvana, Washington, June 26, 1908. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss. Sophia Rinwald in St. Paul Minnesota.
Publication Date
6-28-1908
Publisher
Lowman and Hanford Company
Time Period
1900-1909
Subjects
Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships
Geographic Location
Silvana, WA
Object Type
image
Format (original)
Postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS_837_Postcard_Dry-Dock-Puget-Sound-Navel-Station-Washington_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