H.M.S. Royal George postcard

Front of 2024.1007.239

Front of 2024.1007.239

Name/Title

H.M.S. Royal George postcard

Entry/Object ID

2024.1007.239

Description

Photo sent home to family by John Lamson during or after WWI Captioned: "'H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE' ENGLAND. 1715 Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, Mass." Numbered 579 at the bottom

Context

John Lamson was a MM1c on Battleship Texas from May 1917 to June 1919. Throughout his time on Texas, he sent a letter to his family at least once a week, often more. Longer stretches of absence are explained either by movement across the Atlantic, or with the Grand Fleet. Sailors and Marines often bought things from the cities they made port in, regardless of wartime or peacetime.

Collection

Collection (John F. Lamson), 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