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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Engraved portrait of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and ... |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Navy Times Are Changin,'" an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of three men, at least one in navy uniform, surrounded by pigs pointing f... |
| Date: | 07 16 1864 |
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| Description: | Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Admiral Porter's fleet passing through Colonel Bailey's dam during the War on Red R... |
| Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Robert... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The six sixteen-inch guns of the U.S.S. Wisconsin shooting at a target fifteen miles away. |
| Date: | 06 21 1947 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin conducting a training cruise fueling at sea. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. A group of men are standing on scaffolding at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling Down the Flag." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston. |
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| Description: | Sinking of the "Albemarle." Lieut. Cushing (?) torpedoing the ALBEMARLE. |
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| Description: | Decorative lithograph with hundreds of prisoners' names, as well as scenes from the prison motifs as four insets, one on each corner: Libby Prison; Belle I... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A composite image of Oliver Hazard Perry (8/23/1785 – 8/23/1819) a U.S. Naval Officer and "hero of the Battle of Lake Erie," with his birthplace in South K... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of shoreline, waterfront buildings, boat-dotted bay and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The pink-marble, column-shaped monu... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Captain George Henry Preble. Starting in 1861 Preble commanded the gunboat Katahdin, serving with Rear Admiral... |
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| Description: | Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869. |
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| Description: | The USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the U.S. Navy, is seen at the United States Naval Training Station, established in ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the parade grounds at United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Men stand in formation on the parade grounds, and to the the right, a flag wav... |
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| Description: | A view of sailors marching on the South Drill Field at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. In the background, a warship is in the Narragansett ... |
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| Description: | A view of a formation of sailors during an exhibition drill at Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. A United States flag and military buildings stan... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of the barracks in a wooded area of the United States Naval Training Camp. A man stands between the barracks and trees in the center. |
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| Description: | A view of sailors in uniform standing between the rows of barracks of the United States Naval Training Station. |
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