Name/Title
Four Centuries on the SeaEntry/Object ID
2024.1002.17Description
Newspaper detailing the last 400 years of naval design to 1917. Battleship Texas represented as being the culmination of four hundred years of naval design, beginning with the Santa Maria. Cover shows Texas with forward guns turned to starboard.
Paper published April 19, 1917.Context
The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. Battleship Texas and other American coal-fired dreadnoughts began making preparations to join with the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea and began their departure in September 1917.
Magazines often wrote stories about Battleship Texas and her crew. While sometimes inaccurate or sensational, they showed the perceptions of the Homefront, and were collected by civilian and crew alike.Collection
Historical Collections, Donation (Ryan Flynn)Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
NewspaperNomenclature Primary Object Term
SerialNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsPublication Details
Date Published
circa Apr 19, 1917
