Nov 11, 1940 envelope

Archive

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Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2025.1019.42

front of 2025.1019.42

Name/Title

Nov 11, 1940 envelope

Entry/Object ID

2025.1019.42

Scope and Content

Addressed to Mrs. L. Roy Robinson. Envelope sent from USS Texas on the morning of November 11, 1940, to Beatrice, Nebraska. Features a stamp for Armistice Day of a soldier raising a US flag on a battlefield.

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various neutrality patrols and escort missions in the North Atlantic Ocean from November 1939 to December 7, 1941. Battleship Texas had her own post office. All mail passed through a censor before leaving the ship. Once the package is checked, it was stamped with a “U.S.S. TEXAS” stamp. If in a port, mail could carry the markers of the post office on shore.

Collection

Donation (Kyle Brillantes), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Envelope

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

Nov 11, 1940