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LC-Lot 3259-6: USS Vesuvius, 1888

Lot 3259-6: USS Vesuvius, 1888. U.S. Navy Yards. Launching of USS Yorktown (PG 1), (right), and the dynamite gun cruiser USS Vesuvius, (left), April 28, 1888 at Cramp’s Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photographed by George Barriet, 1888. Note, the original cards are bent. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/6/5).
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Caption: USS Vesuvius, 1888. U.S. Navy Yards. Launching of USS Yorktown (PG 1), (right), and the dynamite gun cruiser USS Vesuvius, (left), April 28, 1888 at Cramp’s Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photographed by George Barriet, 1888. Note, the original cards are bent. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/6/5).
Accession #: LC-Lot 3259-6
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