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Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower, passing under a drawbridge on the Cape Cod Canal as a group of people watch from the shore.

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

undated, predominant 1905-1929

GUSN

GUSN-291248

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Description

One black & white photograph of the Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower, passing under a drawbridge on the Cape Cod Canal as a group of people watch from the shore. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding traveled through the Cape Cod Canal to take part in the Pilgrim tercentenary observances.

Details

Descriptive Terms

yachts
drawbridges
groups of people
shores (landforms)

Physical Description

1 black & white photograph, 8" x 10"

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

MS028.04.014.012

Date Notes

1921?

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]

Record Details

Other People

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923

Description Level

Item

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