Gallant Crew and Great 12-inch Guns (Forward Turret) of The Formidable Fighter U.S. Battleship “Missouri”
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Underwood & Underwood
American, 1880–1931
Gallant Crew and Great 12-inch Guns (Forward Turret) of The Formidable Fighter U.S. Battleship “Missouri”
ca. 1917
Letterpress print
Image: 7 x 6.7 cm
Overall: 8.2 x 14 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2008.0530.0038
Inscriptions verso (printed in black): No. 29-GALLANT CREW AND GREAT 12-INCH GUNS (FORWARD TURRET) OF / THE FORMIDABLE FIGHTER U.S. BATTLESHIP "MISSOURI" /
We are standing on the steel deck of the / powerful first class battleship "Missouri." / Those enormous guns now pointing over the / bow can hurl 500-pound shells a distance of / seven miles; within a range of three miles / their marksmanship would be almost abso-/lutely accurate. [extended text] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
We are standing on the steel deck of the / powerful first class battleship "Missouri." / Those enormous guns now pointing over the / bow can hurl 500-pound shells a distance of / seven miles; within a range of three miles / their marksmanship would be almost abso-/lutely accurate. [extended text] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
