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CRUISER "BROOKLYN." An armored cruiser, 400 feet long and 64 feet wide, with a displacement of 9,215 tons. Built at Philadelphia, and cost about $2,986,000. Speed, about 22 knots per hour. Horse-power, 18,769. Her 41 officers and 550 men handle eight 8-inch and twelve 5-inch guns, besides various smaller guns.
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U.S. NAVY. Cruiser "Brooklyn."
CRUISER "BROOKLYN." An armored cruiser, 400 feet long and 64 feet wide, with a displacement of 9,215 tons. Built at Philadelphia, and cost about $2,986,000. Speed, about 22 knots per hour. Horse-power, 18,769. Her 41 officers and 550 men handle eight 8-inch and twelve 5-inch guns, besides various smaller guns.
American
about 1906
Medium/Technique
Photo-chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9635
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Photo only Copyright 1898 by Enrique Muller.
Back: divided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2435, "U.S. Navy-Cruisers."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Back: divided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2435, "U.S. Navy-Cruisers."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)