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View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16th. 1861

Description: Image of a fleet of ships that made up the Stone Fleet that sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1861, during the American Civil War; names of all pictured vessels along with their captains and tonnage captioned in bottom margin.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002608
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16th. 1861

Visual Materials

Image of a fleet of ships that made up the Stone Fleet that sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1861 during the American Civil War; names of all pictured vessels along with their captains and tonnage captioned in bottom margin.

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Bombardments of Forts Hatteras & Clark, by the U.S. fleet

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Image of the Union fleet bombarding two Confederate forts (Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark) in North Carolina during the American Civil War; ten vessels are visible; captions in bottom margin name all vessels.

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Birds eye view of New York & Brooklyn

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Image of an aerial view of New York City and Brooklyn, New York, where the Hudson River and the East River meet the bay; boats and ships sail in the harbor; key in bottom margin to twelve locations pictured, including Blackwell's Island, Williamsburg, Governor's Island, and Fort Columbus.

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Scott's, American fashions. for fall & winter 1845 & 6

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Image of six outdoor vignettes featuring men's day and evening wear; top panel captioned "French." and "American." and bottom panel captioned "American." and "English."; fashion details include cloaks, tail coats and frock coats worn with trousers or pantaloons, waistcoats, and cravats; accessories include top hats, canes, and gloves; one woman pictured in a riding habit with full skirt, jacket bodice, and a feathered hat; four children also pictured with fashion details including Orientalism, trousers, coats, a waistcoat, and a cape; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 along bottom margin.

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Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford

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Image of the sailing ship Catalpa, pictured in the midst of the rescue of the escaped Fenians off the coast of Australia with a police boat and the British ship Georgette in pursuit.

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Paris. London & New-York fashions, fall & winter of 1842 & 3 by James G. Wilson 146 Broadway New-York

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Image of two outdoor vignettes showing men's day and evening wear; top panel captioned "French." and "American." and bottom panel captioned "American." and "English."; fashion details include cloaks, tail coats and frock coats worn with trousers or pantaloons, waistcoats, and cravats; accessories include top hats, canes, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-12 along bottom margin.

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View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16th. 1861

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