Sunset over Texas & New York

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2025.1022.1

front of 2025.1022.1

Name/Title

Sunset over Texas & New York

Entry/Object ID

2025.1022.1

Description

Postcard featuring both Battleship Texas and New York at sunset. Statue of Liberty visible on far right in background. Captioned: "Sunset over Battleships Texas and New York and Statue of Liberty."

Context

Battleship Texas was commissioned in 1914, served in World War One throughout 1918, and participated in interwar fleet training in the early 1920s. USS New York (BB-34) was the sister ship of USS Texas, and the lead ship of the New York-class battleships. She was commissioned from May 15, 1914, to August 29, 1946.

Collection

Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects