Series II. Medium Format Flat Files
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Series II contains material between the sizes of 9 by 14 and 20 by 24 inches. Much of this series comes from clipping from illustrated newspapers and naval periodicals.
Subseries II.1: Sailing Vessels
A-M
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This file includes the Currier and Ives lithographs The Gem of the Pacific and The Celebrated Ship Dreadnought as well as Nathaniel Currier's The Celebrated Clipper Bark Grapeshot Belonging to Geo. Law Esq. N.Y.. This file also contains the aquatint The Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy on 20 February 1823.
America
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and original lithographs such as Currier and Ives The Miniature Ship "Red, White, and Blue", Clipper Ship Three Brothers and Nathaniel Currier's Pilot Boat Wm. J. Romer.
Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
Multiple Ships
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and original prints including Various Boats, Barks &c. used in the Rivers and on the Coasts of Peru in South America, engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography. This file also contains several chromolithographs after works by Frederic S. Cozzens.
Unidentified ships
Subseries II.2: Steamships
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and original lithographs, including William Endicott's Atlantic's Return and Nathaniel Currier's U.S.M. Steam Ship Arctic.
Albany
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B
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and original lithographs, including Currier and Ives' The Narragansett Steamship Co's Steamer Bristol of the Fall River Line, Nathaniel Currier's U.S.M. Steam Ship Baltic, C. Bigot's The British Queen and Senefelder's Benjamin Franklin.
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This file contains photographs, advertisements for the American Steamship Circassian, images of the steamship Clermont and J.H. Bufford's lithograph Camel Steam Tug, Lieut. J.A. Winslow, U.S.N. Inventor. Also includes photograph of Anchor Line Steamship "City of Rome" (used to transport Spanish prisoners of war in 1898) signed by the ship's passengers.
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Great Eastern
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Multiple & Unidentified ships
Subseries II.3: Naval Vessles
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This file contains photographs of the U.S.S. Alliance, U.S.S. America, U.S.S. Amphitrite, U.S.S. Annapolis and U.S.S. Arionza.
B
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This file contains photographs of the U.S.S. Brooklyn, U.S.S. Boston, U.S.S. Cruiser Birmingham, U.S.S. Cruiser Baltimore, and a print of the U.S.S. Bonhome Richard.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and Nathaniel Currier's lithograph U.S. Frigate Cumberland.
USS Constitution
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This file contains photographs and the lithograph Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First, at New York 29th, Octr. 1814.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and photographs.
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and prints.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs (including a gelatin silver print by James Grabow of the Mothball Fleet on the Hudson River) and the lithographs U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi Passing Punta Tristao and U.S. Practice Ship 'Marion' Capt. S.B. Luce.
USS Maine
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This file contains photographs and clippings from periodicals.
USS New York
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and the Currier & Ives lithograph Armoured Steel Cruiser New York, United States Navy.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and the Nathaniel Currier lithograph U.S. Ship of the Line Ohio
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This file contains photographs, the engraving La Fregate des Etats-unis d'Amerique, le President, venant d'appareiller, avec des ris dans les Huniers and the lithograph U.S. Ship Pennsylvania. Charles Stewart Esq. Comr.
R-S
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This file contains photographs and the lithograph Die Amerikanische Kriegsfregatte St. Lawrence
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and the lithograph U.S. Steam Frigate Wabash. In a gale on the night of the 29th of Nov.r 1856, off Cape Hatteras.
Submarines
Naval Vessels- Foreign
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and H.M. Currie & Son's lithograph H.M.S. Shannon.
British Naval Ships- HMS Ramillies
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This file contains three prints after paintings by Robert Dodd.
Multiple Ships
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and photographs.
Unidentified Ships
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, photographs and Nathaniel Currier's lithograph U.S. Ship of the Line in a Gale.
Subseries II.4: Ship Details
Ship Details- Miscellaneous
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This file contains clippings from The Navy and Army Illustrated and The Illustrated London News.
Subseries II.5: Views
Miscellaneous
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and photographs of Howe Caverns and the U.S. Maritime Service Training Station in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
United States
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This file contains lithographs and engravings of the U.S. Naval Asylum,the Burning of Savannah and Virginia.
Annapolis, United States Naval Academy
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This file contains photographs of the US Naval Academy.
Annapolis, United States Naval Academy
Separated Materials
This file contains photographs of the US Naval Academy.
Foreign
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This file contains prints of foreign views, including John Boydell's engravings of Woolwich and Greenwich Hospital.
Monuments and Memorials
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints.
Ship Yards and Dry Docks
Subseries II.6: Clippings, Papers & Ephemera
The Evolution of a Leviathan: How the Steamship Developed
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This file contains clippings from The London Illustrated News.
Theatrical Productions
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This file contains clippings from The Sphere, The Sketch and The London Illustrated News.
USS Maine
Subseries II.7: Events
Naval Battles
Thrid Anglo-Dutch War
Third Anglo-Dutch War
Seven Years War
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This file contains engravings for Harrison's edition of Rapin's History of England.
Revolutionary War
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including an engraving by J. Boydell of the engagement between the Serapis and Bonhomme Richard.
Barbary War
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This file contains several prints picturing naval engagements and events from the Barbary war, including an engraving of The Blowing Up of the Fire Ship Intrepid.
War of 1812- Miscellaneous
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This file contains several prints picturing naval engagements from the War of 1812, including lithographs by Samuel Walters and an engraving of the Peacock and L'Epervier after Thomas Birch.
War of 1812- Battle of Lake Champlain
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This file contains several prints, including Benjamin Tanner's engraving and Nathaniel Currier's lithograph of Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain.
War of 1812- Battle of Lake Erie
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and several prints, including Nathaniel Currier's Perry's Victory on lake Erie and Naval Heros of the United States.
War of 1812- USS Chesapeake & HMS Shannon
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This file contains several prints, including Boarding and Taking the American Ship Chesapeake .
War of 1812- USS Constitution & the Guerriere
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including Brilliant Naval Victory, after S. Seymour, Strickland and Kneass' engraving Signal Naval Victory and Nathaniel Currier's lithograph The Constitution and Guerriere.
USS Constitution & the Java
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including R. and D. Havell's The Java in a Sinking State and D.W. Kellogg's The Capture of H.B.M.'s Sloop of War Java by the U.S. Frigate Constitution.
War of 1812- USS United States & British Frigate Macedonian
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This file contains prints, including S. Seymour's Capture of H.B.M. Friagate Macedonian.
War of 1812- USS Wasp & HMS Frolic
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This file includes clippings from periodicals and prints, including F. Kearny's and S. Seymour's engravings of the capture of the H.B.M. Sloop of War Frolic.
War of 1812- Images depicting multiple battles
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including Packard & Van Benthuysen's American Naval Victories.
Civil War- Miscellaneous
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including Currier & Ives' The Great Naval Victory in Mobile Bay and The U.S. Sloop of War "Kearsage" 7 Guns, Sinking the Pirate "Alabama" 8 Guns.
Civil War- Battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac
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This file contains several prints, including lithographs by Currier & Ives and Endicott & Co.
Spanish American War- Miscellaneous
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and several prints.
Spanish American War- Destruction of the USS Maine
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This file contains photographs, clippings from periodicals and several prints.
Unidentified Battles
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints.
Events - Miscellaneous
Dewey Naval Parade
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This file contains Pach Brother's photographs of the 1899 Dewey Naval Parade.
Fisher's Island Sham Battle
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and photographs of the 1891 Fisher's Island sham battle.
Races
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, prints and lithographs.
Shipwrecks & Fires - Photographs
Shipwrecks & Fires - Prints
Subseries II.8: Model Ships
Miscellaneous
Subseries II.9: Portraits
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including a portrait of Stephen Decatur engraved by Asher B. Durand after a painting by Thomas Sully.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals, prints and photographs, including a Pach Brother's portrait of Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. This file also contains portraits of Albert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton ,Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, President U.S. Grant and Susan Parker Hayes.
John Paul Jones
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This file contains original prints and photographic reproductions of portraits of John Paul Jones.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints, including several portraits of Commodore Matthew Perry.
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This file contains clippings from periodicals and prints.