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217740 - Close Bow View of Dreadnaught at Full Speed. This picture represents one of the first dreadnaughts (all big gun ships) built by any nation. Vessel has a speed of over 20 knots, displaces over 17,000 tons, and carries a crew of over 800 men, with an armament of eight 12 in. and 24 smaller guns.
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Close Bow View of Dreadnaught Going at Full Speed.
217740 - Close Bow View of Dreadnaught at Full Speed. This picture represents one of the first dreadnaughts (all big gun ships) built by any nation. Vessel has a speed of over 20 knots, displaces over 17,000 tons, and carries a crew of over 800 men, with an armament of eight 12 in. and 24 smaller guns.
American
1914–1923
Medium/Technique
Tinted halftone lithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.10007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: 217740 © E.MULLER
Back: divided. Mint.
THE VALENTINE-SOUVENIR CO., NEW YORK, PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Back: divided. Mint.
THE VALENTINE-SOUVENIR CO., NEW YORK, PRINTED IN U.S.A.
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)