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Photo # NH 2889: 'The Old Navy', sailors on board USS Mohican, 1888

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"The Old Navy"

This page features a classic Navy photograph from 1888, with other images it has inspired.

For other views with similar themes, see:

  • "Spinning a Yarn"; and
  • "Old Salts ...".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 2889

    "The Old Navy"
    or
    "Old Salts of the Square Rigger Navy"

    Photograph taken on board USS Mohican in 1888 by Assistant Surgeon H.W. Whitaker, USN.
    The Sailors in the photograph are (from left to right): David Ireland, Gilbert H. Purdy, John T. Griffith and John King.
    See Photo # NH 2889 (extended caption) for more information on these men.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: KN-10866 (Color)

    "The Old Navy"
    ("Spinning a Yarn" aboard USS Mohican, 1888)


    Oil on canvas, 37" x 49", by Rufus F. Zogbaum (1849-1925). Painting signed and dated by the artist, 1923. It was inspired by the photograph seen in Photo # NH-2889.

    Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Rear Admiral George C. Reiter, 1924.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-10866

     
    Photo #: NH 101674

    "Modern Salts"


    "Spinning a Yarn" in the casemate of 5"/51 Gun Number Eleven of USS Arkansas (BB-33) on 27 October 1940.
    The men are (from left to right): Gunner's Mate Second Class N.I. Fewell; Boatswain's Mate First Class R.D. Dennies; Coxwain G.E. Lehto and Gunner's Mate First Class W.A. Crook.
    This photo is inspired by the scene in Photo # NH 2889.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     

    For other views with similar themes, see:

  • "Spinning a Yarn"; and
  • "Old Salts ...".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    Page made 9 April 2000
    Coding updated 31 March 2001