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Photograph depicts 16 uniformed men, possibly members of the National Association of Naval Veterans, standing in front of a paper mache model/float of the U.S.S. Monitor, c. 1892. The organization was founded in New York City in 1887 and was open to any officer or enlisted man who had served in the United States Navy, Marine Corps, or Revenue Marine Service from April 12, 1861 to August 25, 1865. By 1895, there were thirty-eight chapters of the organization with a membership of nearly 6,000 veterans. composing the National Association of Naval Veterans with membership comprising 6,000 members.
NORTH AMERICA (SIDE-WHEEL STEAMBOAT: 1827-1839) | ALBANY (SIDE-WHEEL STEAMBOAT: 1826-1845)
INSCRIPTION: STEAMBOATS NORTH AMERICA & ALBANY
LITHOGRAPH, ADVERTISEMENT, SIDE-WHEEL STEAMBOATS NORTH AMERICA & ALBANY
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Black and white print depicting the steamboats North America and Albany. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: NORTH AMERICA VESSEL DATES: 1827-1839 SHIP BUILDER: STEVENS BROTHERS BUILDER LOCATION: NEW YORK VESSEL NAME: ALBANY VESSEL BUILT: 1826 VESSEL TYPE: STEAMBOAT, AMERICAN SHIP BUILDER: J. VAUGHAN BUILDER LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA SHIP OWNER: JAMES A. STEVENS
SHIP FITTINGS, PORTHOLE, PORT LIGHT, U.S.S. MAINE, UNITED STATES NAVY YARD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, UNITED STATES NAVY, USN, DISASTER, EXPLOSION
NOTES: The port from the USS Maine was recovered during the salvage operations of USS Maine in 1912 by Mr. W.A.M. Vaughan, Vice President of an American bank in Havana. The pictures of the raised USS Maine were taken by Mr. Vaughan just prior to and during the scuttling operation at sea on 16 March 1912. The port and pictures were presented to Mr. J.J. Blandin (USNA Class '10) by Mr. Vaughan's daughter, Mrs. Richard Mathers, after the death of her father in 1958. Mr. Blandin's father, Lt. J.J. Blandin, U.S. Navy, was Officer of the Deck of USS Maine when it was blown up in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898. Lt. Blandin was injured by the falling debris of the explosion and died of complications five months later in Baltimore, Maryland. Lt. Blandin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1882 and in 1887 he became on e of the first Naval Officers qualified in electrical engineering, receiving his degree from Johns Hopkins University. In 1889 as an Ensign aboard USS Trenton he survived the sinking of Trenton in Apia roadstead during the great Samoan typhoon and was credited with personally firing the breeches buoy rockets from the foretop of Trenton during the rescue operation. Lt. Blandin's grandson, Captain Victor A. Blandin, U.S. Navy (USNA Class of '41) presented the port to the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia in July 1963. VESSEL INFORMATION-- VESSEL NAME: Maine SERVICE DATES: 1888-1898 DATE WRECKED: February 15, 1898 SHIP BUILDER: U.S. Navy Yard SHIP LINE: U.S. Navy BUILDER LOCATION: New York, New York VESSEL HISTORY: Blown up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, February 15, 1898. Wreck later raised and towed to sea where it was sunk on March 16, 1912. MAJOR EVENT: Spanish-American War CAPTAINS OR OTHER RELATED PEOPLE: SHIP OWNERS: U.S. Navy ENGING BUILDER AND LOCATION: VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 318' x 27' x 216', 6682 tons
Four men in formal suits and uniforms are seated in a car marked 3 Official. From left to right, they are Mr. Alvah Martin, Mr. Vaughan (mostly hidden), Gov. Claude Swanson, and Adml. Edward Taussig. Behind them, buildings are hung with bunting and people hang out of windows.
NAVIGATING INSTRUMENT, TIMEKEEPING INSTRUMENT, COMPASS DIAL, TIME FINDING, SUNDIAL, SUN DIAL
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Compass dial, by unknown maker, in wooden box with glass cover, and lid. Hours run from IIII a.m. - VIII p.m. TIME-SPACE: 1780-1850. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SEE COLLECTION FILE. LABEL COPY: Pocket Sundial, circa 1800 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Woodford G. Vaughan, Jr. 89.28.2 As the oldest device for measuring time, the sundial was used by navigators until chronometers became affordable. This simple version, mounted on a compass card, gave its most accurate readings in the Hampton Roads areas. INVENTORY: base and lid - there are two (2) component parts.
"The 1995 Vaughan Evans Memorial Lecture of the Australian Association for Maritime History." "This publication contains the text of Stuart Frank's Vaughan Evans Memorial Lecture, delivered at the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle on 11 November 1995." Foreword.
VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: QUAKER CITY VESSEL TYPE: AMERICAN WOODEN PADDLE WHEEL STEAMER SERVICE DATES: 1854-1875 SHIPBUILDERS: VAUGHAN & LYNN BUILDER LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1600 tonnage, 244 x 36 x 29 VESSEL HISTORY: Purchased by the U.S. Government in 1861. Sold by U.S. Government in 1865. Abandoned in 1875 in the Harbor of Port of Prince.
Shows four smiling officers standing together on an HRPE pier. The 8x10 print identifies the fourth man as follows: Major Robert E. Horton, O-338124, Los Angeles, California.
INSCRIPTION: Screw Steamship PEYTONA. Built for the Commercial Steam Boat Company of Rhode Island, by W.P. Williams. - 850 tons Measurement.-400 Horse Power. This Boat runs between New York and Providence direct, and with theother Boats of the Company forms a daily Line between the two Cities connecting at Providence with the Providence and Worcester, and Providence and Boston Rail Roads, and Lines to Lowell, Lawrence, Nashua, Fitchburg, &c. & c. Theo. Bergner del. Lith of Endicott & Co. N.Y. Engineers Jas. T. Sutton & Co. Franklin Iron Works, Kensington Philadelphia. Two Marine Trunk Engines Cylinders 44 inches, diameter 36 inches stroke Diameter of wheel 10 feet 6 inches Painter and Decorator, E.H. Wester. Hull by Vaughan & Fisher, Kensington Philadelphia Length 185 feet Breadth of Beam 27'6" Depth 17'3" Joiners, Cox & Linn, Kensington Philadelphia.
LITHOGRAPH, COLORED, AMERICAN SS PEYTONA, MERCHANT SHIP, POWER SAIL, NEW YORK TO PROVIDENCE, SCREW SCHOONER
