First USS Texas Crewmember

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1001.61

Front of 2023.1001.61

Name/Title

First USS Texas Crewmember

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.61

Description

Sailor with hat that reads "U.S.S. Texas" looks to the left photographed by H. H. Morris in Galveston, Texas. Back reads faintly in pencil "your loving son"

Context

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.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1895 - 1911

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