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USS MONITOR historical research - portrait, J. Ericsson

Object summary

Title
USS MONITOR historical research - portrait, J. Ericsson
Object ID
HEE-SC-02669
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

Portrait of Capt. John Ericsson, designer of the ironclad USS MONITOR, featured in his study surrounded by notes and plans of the vessel. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten red marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton (?)
Text
ERICSSON
Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
ERICKSON
Type
printed black
Location
obverse bottom
Text
2
Type
printed black
Location
obverse bottom
Text
AUG 74 N6

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