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S-169 Colonel W.T. Bigger Photograph Collection
S-169 Colonel W.T. Bigger Photograph Collection

Topic
  • Boats-Ships--Cruisers
  • Boats-Ships--Monitor
  • Boats-Ships--Battleship
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
  • NHHC
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name
Title: Colonel W.T. Bigger Photograph Collection
Description: 51 photographs and hand tinted postcards, belonging to the father of Colonel W.T. Bigger, and originally donated to the US Marine Corps Museum. Early 20th century ships including: USS Connecticut (BB-18), USS Texas, USS Indiana (BB-1), USS Massachusetts (BB-2), USS Oregon (BB-3), USS Iowa (BB-4), USS Kearsarge (BB-5), USS Kentucky (BB-6), USS Alabama (BB-8), USS Wisconsin (BB-9), USS Maine (BB-10), USS Missouri (BB-11), USS Virginia (BB-13), USS New Jersey (BB-16), USS Rhode Island (BB-17), USS Miantonomah (BM-5), USS Puritan (BM-1), USS New York (CA-2), USS Brooklyn (CA-3), USS Pennsylvania (CA-4), USS Maryland (CA-8), USS Newark (C-1), USS Baltimore (C-3), USS Olympia (C-6), USS Columbia (C-12), USS Montgomery (C-9), USS New Orleans (CL-22), USS Vesuvius, USS Petrel (PG-2). Some photos removed to the NH collection or assigned NH numbers: NH 103845-KN, NH 103845-A-KN, NH 105667-KN.
Accession#: S
Catalog#: S-169
Donor: Colonel W.T. Bigger
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Circa: Early 20th century
Format: Black and white photographs and color hand-tinted postcards

For information about the rest of the collection: nhhcphotoarchives@navy.mil