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NH 100930 USS Bennington

Photo #: NH 100930 USS Bennington
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Title: USS Bennington
Description: (Gunboat # 4) Halftone reproduction of a photographic montage, published on a postal card by the Special View Company, showing the ship and some of her crew after her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion. Note the message written around the card's edges: Dear Daisy: This is not very pretty but may be of interest in years to come. Sorry I could not see the Vaudeville. Hope it will be a 'howling' success. Yours - K.. Courtesy of H.E. (Ed) Coffer, 1986. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 100930
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