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1900-1913
GUSN-27281
Four different views of schooner, three under sail and lower image of anchor with flags flying--upper right picture is a postcard, not a photograph.
photographs
postcards
gelatin silver prints
silver (metal)
marines (visual works)
armed forces
schooners
wars
Silver Print
War of 1812
Military
Maritime
Schooner
Picture
Handwritten on mat--lower left and right: ""The Polly is the oldest vessel of the American Merchant Marine still in commission, and with her high-pooped stern and rounding apple-shaped bows, she represents a type of American marine architecture fast becoming extinct. She was in existence during the War of 1812...[more text follows]""
Schooner Polly
Unknown
14 x 24 (HxW) (inches)
1914.282
Massachusetts (United States)
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