Name/Title
Flying Cloud postcardEntry/Object ID
2024.1007.240Description
Photo sent home to family by John Lamson during or after WWI
Captioned
"CLIPPER SHIP 'FLYING CLOUD' BOSTON, 1851
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass."
Numbered 578 on the bottom.
Large tears on either side. Two on right, three on left.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.
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
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
