Depicts a large battleship with one engine stack and a high flying American flag on the Delaware River on Naval Day, one of many ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of the end of the Spanish American War of 1898. A four-masted sailboat is docked along a Philadelphia pier. Various brick buildings are visible near the shore, along with City Hall tower in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.276]
Depicts Old Iron Sides, also known as the Constitution, a three-masted sailing vessel on the Delaware River on Naval Day during the Peace Jubilee celebration of end of the Spanish American War of 1898. Built 1794-97 in Edmund Hartt's Boston shipyard., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.287]
