USS Texas ship band post card

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1005.8

Front of 2023.1005.8

Name/Title

USS Texas ship band post card

Entry/Object ID

2023.1005.8

Description

17 men posed around a drum that reads "U.S.S. Texas Band" Back written in pencil says "[signature] & Band / Trinidad Port au Spain / April 1925"

Context

The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in 1922, ending new battleship construction for ten years. As a result, Battleship Texas underwent significant modernization from July 31, 1925, to November 23, 1926.

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