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USS MONITOR historical research, vessel plans

Object summary

Title
USS MONITOR historical research, vessel plans
Object ID
HEE-SC-02540
Date made
1974-08
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
No
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Description

Image from a book (by Fred Freeman?) showing detailed features of USS MONITOR, titled "Tin Can on a Raft". (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
MONITOR
Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton?
Text
74
Type
printed black
Location
obverse bottom
Text
1
Type
printed black
Location
obverse bottom
Text
AUG 74 N6

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