Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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This color postcard features one large ship in the foreground with at least five ships in the distance behind it and one ship in the distance ahead of it. All of the ships are emitting dark smoke from the funnels/stacks. The sky is orange with yellow and green mixed in. The title along the bottom reads "U. S. Battle Ship Fleet, Puget Sound, Washington." 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. The card is inscribed but is not addressed or postmarked.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Lowman and Hanford Company

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Geographic Location

Puget Sound, Washington

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Battle-Ship-Fleet-Puget-Sound-Wash_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)

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Contact Information

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United States Battle Ship Fleet, Puget Sound, Washington

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