Ursa the U.S.S. TEXAS mascot

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2023.1005.37

Name/Title

Ursa the U.S.S. TEXAS mascot

Entry/Object ID

2023.1005.37

Description

Bear with collar looking to left of photo. Captioned "U.S.S. TEXAS MASCOT" Bear is Ursa, a gift from Texaco on November 9, 1914.

Context

Battleship Texas visited Galveston on November 6, 1914, to receive the silver service of the first U.S.S. Texas (1895) and receive her own service onboard. She departed back to Vera Cruz on November 14, 1914.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Ryan Flynn)

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