Wardroom's mahogany table covered with favorite cloth
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Leach, Larry
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
The USS Potomac, originally named Electra, was built and commissioned in 1934 by the United States Coast Guard. In 1936 the U.S. Navy commissioned it and gave the vessel its current name. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used it as his Presdential Yacht until his death in 1945. Photograph caption dated August 22, 1963 reads, "Well-known American slogans dating back to Revolutionary War are imprinted."; See images #00119753 through #00119755 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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