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New York, New York: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 1:34am.
December 1941. "Lower Manhattan seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York." View full size. 35mm negative by Jack Delano. Office of War Information.
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Easy Street: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 5:00pm.
February 5, 1917. "Naval militia guard a New York bridge." View full size. 6x4 dry plate glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Zoom the posters.
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U.S.S. Galena: 1862
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 3:24pm.
1862. On the James River in Virginia. "Effect of Confederate shot on Federal ironclad Galena." Wet plate glass negative by James F. Gibson. View full size.
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At Ease: 1862
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 9:49pm.
July 9, 1862. "James River, Virginia. Sailors relaxing on deck of the U.S.S. Monitor." From photographs of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, 1861-1865. View full size. Wet plate negative, left half of stereograph pair. Photograph by James F. Gibson.
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Ironclad: 1862
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:21am.
July 9, 1862. Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor on the James River, Virginia. From photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy. Wet collodion glass negative, left half of stereo pair. Photographed by James F. Gibson. View full size.
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Prima Donna: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 6:20pm.
May 1912. "Madame Gadski and daughter." The noted opera singer shipboard in New York. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Maritime Mascots: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 1:08am.
September 7, 1923. "Massachusetts Nautical School." Sailors and shipboard pets. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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