The U.S. Steam Frigate "Mississippi" Com'dr S.S. Lee, in a Typoon

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Description (Brief):

Black and white print of a frigate (Mississippi) almost totally swamped by high seas on her passage from Simoda, Japan to the Sandwich Islands on the 7th of October 1854.

Date Made: 1854

Maker: Brown, Eliphalet Jr.Britton & ReyOriginal Artist: Heine, W

Place Made: United States: California, San Francisco

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Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.3287Catalog Number: 60.3287

Object Name: lithographObject Type: Lithograph

Measurements: image: 16 in x 21 1/8 in; 40.64 cm x 53.6575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0c7e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_684461

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