Mess room of the marines
Item Information
- Title:
- Mess room of the marines
- Description:
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Mess room of the marines. Text says: "The system of messing is so conducted that the 'mess room' affords all the comforts of a well-regulated boarding house. The cooking stove and dresser on the right are indicative of good cheer. The men are comfortably lodged, fed and clothed, and the officers they are required to obey are men of education and character."
- Artist:
- Champney, W. L.
- Collector:
- Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
- Name on Item:
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drawn by W.L. Champney for Ballou's Pictorial
- Date:
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1856
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Lantern slides
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library - Collection (local):
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Charlestown Lantern Slides
- Subjects:
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Naval yards & naval stations
Mess halls
Eating & drinking
Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
- Places:
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MassachusettsSuffolk (county)BostonCharlestown
Boston Navy Yard
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : transparency
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8k71p1459
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
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