Texas going through Panama Canal post card

Front of 2023.1005.5

Front of 2023.1005.5

Name/Title

Texas going through Panama Canal post card

Entry/Object ID

2023.1005.5

Description

Texas with cage masts on the left, going through a canal with multiple pillars on either side. Caption "U.S.S. "Texas", Pacific Fleet, in Gatun Locks, Panama Canal"

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various fleet maneuvers and exercises in the Atlantic Ocean (1919) and later Pacific Ocean from July 1919 through January 1924. Beginning in February 1923, maneuvers became known as Fleet Problems, which continued to 1939.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), 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