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Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S...

GLC06739

U.S. Navy steamboat Daisy

Title from inscription on mount. Identified as Mifs(?) Squadron. Stamp of Frank F. Raciti on verso.

GLC06739.01

The hull of the U.S. Ironclad Steamer Indianola

Title from inscription on mount. The U.S.S. Indianola was sunk by Confederate rams and grounded on Jefferson Davis Island, 1863 February 24.

GLC06739.02

U.S.S. Carondelet

The U.S. Ironclad gun boat Carondelet. Photograph taken near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

GLC06739.03

U.S. steamer "Fawn"

Inscription on mount reads: "U.S. Steamer Fawn. off Memphis, Tenn. The place where the naval engagement before Memphis, Tenn.

GLC06739.04

"The City of Alton"

Memphis & St. Louis Packet Co. Mail Line steamboat.

GLC06739.05

U.S. Navy gun boat Brown

Title from inscription on mount.

GLC06739.06

U.S.S. Blackhawk

Title from inscription on mount. Flagship Blackhawk while under the command of Admiral Porter. It is the same ship as GLC06739.08.

GLC06739.07

U.S.S. Blackhawk

Title from verso. Flagship Blackhawk while under the command of Admiral Porter. It is the same ship as GLC06739.07.

GLC06739.08

U.S.S. Tyler

Title from inscription on mount. The U.S.S. Tyler was an ironclad gunboat.

GLC06739.09