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Warship "North Carolina" in harbor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1301 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Image shows the U.S.S. North Carolina at anchor, sailing a U.S. flag, with Brooklyn dockyards in the background. Graphite inscription on verso "85" "250--" Ink inscription on verso "'North Carolina' 84 guns, 2633 tons, Ship of the Line. Built at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1820. Receiving ship at U.S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y." "1864."

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