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Title
The United States screw sloop Nyack
Creator
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), printer
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of the United States Union gunboat the Nyack sailing with another ship visible in the background during the American Civil War.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history and launch date for the Nyack. "Lithographed & Published by Endicott & Co. 59 Beekman St. New York."--text, bottom center margin. "Built at the New York Navy Yard. B.F. Delano Naval Constructor Engines by D. Mc. Leod, South Brooklyn Steam Engine and Boiler Works."--text, bottom center margin. "Length 179 ft. Breadth 29 ft. 4 in. Depth of Hold 12 ft. 3 in."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.09 x 88.27 cm (21 11/16 x 34 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_001433
404085
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4081
Language
English
Subject
Nyack (Screw gunboat)--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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