United States Naval Ship South Dakota in Open Water

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Description

This sepia toned picture postcard features a large naval cruiser with four funnels/stacks in the center out on open water. The description in a text box in the upper right of the card reads "South Dakota Speed 22.24 knots, Displacement 13,680 Tons, Length 502 Feet, Horsepower 28,543 Armament: 4-8 inch, 14-6 inch Under 4 in.-22, 2-18 in. Torpedo Tubes. Complement: 41 Officers, 837 Men. Cost $4,377,000" The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement. "Battleship Series No. 1" is in the lower left corner of the card.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

The Henderson Litho Co. Publishers

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_South-Dakota_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