Name/Title
1895 USS Texas (framed)Entry/Object ID
2024.1007.245Description
Photo sent home to family by John Lamson during or after WWI. Framed by Lamson's family members.
Print is of original 1895 USS Texas and the ship's specification in a gray frame.Context
John Lamson was a MM1c on Battleship Texas from May 1917 to June 1919. Throughout his time on Texas, he sent a letter to his family at least once a week, often more. Longer stretches of absence are explained either by movement across the Atlantic, or with the Grand Fleet.
The 1895 Texas was the 1st ship named USS Texas. She was a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned from August 15, 1895, to February 11, 1911.
Sailors and Marines often bought things from the cities they made port in, regardless of wartime or peacetime.Collection
Collection (John F. Lamson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects