Name/Title
BB-34 Souvenir FolderEntry/Object ID
2025.1019.75Description
Souvenir Folder for USS New York designed to be mailed with stamp indication in top right of cover. Folder contains ten photographs dating to around 1917.
New York has a canvas cover bridge, traversal marks on the turrets, but no sky guns on the cranes.Context
USS New York (BB-34) was the sister ship of USS Texas, and the lead ship of the New York-class battleships. She was commissioned from May 15, 1914, to August 29, 1946. She participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll on June 1, 1946, and was sunk as a target ship on June 6, 1946.
Larry P. Cox was a crew member on Battleship New York from the late 1910s through the early 1920s, likely 1917-1924. In his time on New York, Cox was a member of the ship baseball team and often wrote home to his darling.Collection
Donation (Kyle Brillantes), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Album, PhotographNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
