U.S.S. Wabash, Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., ca. 1890

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

ca.1890

GUSN

GUSN-180433

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Charlestown
Massachusetts - Charlestown - Navy Yard - Unmounted
U.S.S. Wabash, Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., ca. 1890
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Charlestown
        Massachusetts - Charlestown - Navy Yard - Unmounted
        U.S.S. Wabash, Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., ca. 1890 (current record)

Description

This is the USS Wabash docked at a port in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Across from the ship there are factories lining the shore.

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Descriptive Terms

ships
ports
transportation
government
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Notice: This photogrpah is sold to you exclusively for one reproduction only. It must not be syndicated. (stamped)
Wabash Figurehead (typed)
6519 / 890 Wabash figurehead / identified by R. Severy 3/17/1980 (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph ; 6 x 9 1/4 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0280.001

Image Dimensions

6 x 9 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

United States. Navy

Subjects

Wabash (Frigate)

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 86-87

Description Level

Item

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