Glass slide

front of 2025.1001.16

front of 2025.1001.16

Name/Title

Glass slide

Entry/Object ID

2025.1001.16

Description

Artwork on glass. Group of men on the left with caps in hand as turret points over deck. Officers lead procession on right. Burning ship in background. Made by T.H. McAllister, manufacturing Optician on Nassau Street, New York. Back has the caption written "Captain Philips Prayer on the deck of the Texas"

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

1898 - 1911

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects