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NH 71127 Shipboard life

Shipboard life
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Title: Shipboard life
Caption: Night signaling was done by a number of lanterns of various colors and displays in various combinations and positions in the ship, either on deck, in the shrouds, in the tops, or at the peak. The signal of a wish to communicate at night was given by rockets or Bengal lights.
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Catalog #: NH 71127
Copyright Owner: From Iconographic Encyclopedia (1851) Volume III.
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Original Medium: Illustration, BW Photo
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